Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 17th Oct 2009 12:45 UTC
A little over two weeks ago, Microsoft released Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software suite protecting users of Windows against malware and viruses. The company has released data about the number of downloads and fixed infections, and the results are encouraging.
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The question is: Do you trust your Programmer/Packager/Distributor chain?
You have to be able to trust EVERY person who has power to potentially install a backdoor in your system.
Linux distros have central repositories, here I have to make up my mind once if I trust the people behind this repository, and then I can use the whole lot of software residing within.
On Windows you install software from many different places, and every once in a while you get a malware package instead of decent software. That seems to be one of the many reasons why Windows is much more malware plagued than Linux. Other reasons are market share, stronger administrator separation in Linux and centralized, faster security updates (updates peripheral software too, not just the core system).