Antivirus software uses signatures to detect viruses. Virus writers use all kinds of techniques to circumvent detection. It’s a lot harder to circumvent detection when the exploit is in plain text format. I don’t think it is difficult to see why Windows is so easily owned compared to other operating systems. The necessecity of running as administrator because of backwards compatibility makes it low hanging fruit for crackers. Just visiting a web page with a Windows XP machine can lead to the entire operating system being taken over because a single flaw in the client is turned in root access without any privilege escalation necessary. Tricking users into installing software is one thing but automated root access is something only Windows gives up so easily. A lot more user interaction is required in Linux to install and propogate malware.
RE[3]: Wrong assumptions
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