On 11/5/07, Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Dude VanWinkle wrote: > > On 11/3/07, Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Larry Seltzer wrote: > >>>>> Well, we'd make all Mac users -- who historically have thought they > >>> did not need to -- install some reliable and up-to-date form of malware > >>> detecting software, and have that software reliably and uniquely report > >>> their infected-/affected-ness to a central repository. > >>> > >>> Hmmm... What I thought. > >>> > >>> Even if it's very successful the numbers will probably be small enough > >>> that the folks who monitor botnets won't be able to notice them. In the > >>> Windows world the MSRT and AV companies can give us some sense of > >>> specific infection rates. > >> > >> Not so. We can also count Linux infections and Windows is still larger in > >> quantity. > > > > Do you have the ability to generate % of machines infected per OS? > > like 20% of windows machines are infected vs only 1% of linux boxen? > > > > Such statistics are never absolute. I can point out trends.
And remember, 47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot ;-) Seriously, it would be nice to see % of bots per OS vs % of market share. I would be glad to crunch teh data if you can supply the numbers. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
