Is it true that you cant get viruses in linux or mac and only in windows operating systems?
2006-12-25 07:31:45 · 14 answers · asked by sbraidley 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
No it's not true. Having said that most attacks are made on windows because it's the most popular and widely used software around.
2006-12-25 07:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are far fewer viruses written for mac and linux but tere are some las year there were 15 viruses for mac up from 5 the year before compared to 15000+ for pc
2006-12-25 15:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get virus in any operating system, however, most of the virus attacks and spyware are written for windows, so Linux and Mac's don't get nearly as many.
2006-12-25 15:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short no because u can get viruses from any where and most of the viruses target windows users coz there r more windows users in that area.
Hope that helps
Hasnain Mir Mohammed
2006-12-25 15:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by Hasnain Mir Mohammed 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't true. However, most people that are of the mindset to write viruses, do write them for Windows, because that platform offers the greatest potential for damage.
2006-12-25 15:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by Bradford B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but windows has over 64x more viruses than Linux and mac.
PS: Linux is safer and usually free
2006-12-25 15:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by QWERTY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any computer can get viruses.
2006-12-25 15:39:50 · answer #7 · answered by CT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you can even get virus on mobile phones
2006-12-25 15:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
completely false
2006-12-25 18:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if that were true microsoft would go bust!
2006-12-25 15:34:55 · answer #10 · answered by paul m 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋