Ami_GFX wrote:
The amount of vulneralbilities patched is not a true measure of how secure a system really is. Windows fails because, even though it can be secured, this ends up being a real pain to the user while it is graceful and transparent in OS X so users aren't pained by security and don't turn off key security features because they are annoyed by them. They don't even notice them at all which is the way good security should work.
Do you mean un-patched vulnerabilities? Check the rap sheets and you will notice that OSX and Windows have a similar number of vulnerabilities. I see your point about transparent security, and there is an article on either /. or El Reg which talks about how Microsoft deliberately made UAC to annoy users in order make them more aware of security, but it had the opposite effect overall. :crazy:
In this year's "Pwn to Own" contest, the Mac OSX laptop fell first. Mind you none of the laptops hacked fell on the first day, which was attempts to compromise the operating system. While the operating systems themselves have a number of ways to break them, a great number of vulnerabilities are due to bad software or drivers.
If you are running Windows, check out Secunia's PSI scanner. It tells you what software you are running.
http://psi.secunia.comEDIT: I cut my sentence short. The PSI scanner tells you what software you are running which may be insecure by way of known vulnerabilities, end-of-life, or otherwise. It has a LOT of software in its database, and in most cases can send you directly to the update download. Finally, an all-in-one update solution!
