I think it is more due to OS design. Mac and Unix prohibit direct
hardware calls. DOS/WIN receives its appearent "speed" due to direct
hardware calls. As a result, it is much easier to write virus type
software for the DOS/WIN platform.
Barry Lee Brisco wrote:
>
> >The latest virus count from Norton includes 21,076 know viruses for the
> >the DOS/WIN platform. This includes a rather extensive list of
> >Word-Macro viruses that only occur with the MS office product line
> >(Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access). The list of know viruses has been
> >expanding by roughly 200 per month for the past couple of years.
> >
> >After remaining steady for a number of years, the virus count for the
> >Macintosh has finally broken the 50 count. Thanks in part to porting MS
> >Office to Mac and some of the Word-Macro virus do impact the Mac.
> >
> >I don't recall the number of viruses (including trojan and worm) for the
> >Unix platform; however, I seem to recall a number less than 10.
> >--
> >
> >John Stewart
> >SUPSHIP San Diego
> >Information Systems Security Mgr
> >--------------------------------
>
> Given that UNX is much older than DOS/WIN, this is revealing. Why so many
> for DOS machines? I think in part the reason may be that hackers and geeks,
> in general, dislike MS, often intensely. They have no such feelings for
> Macs and certainly not for UNX. So they write viruses to attack DOS systems.
>
> Make sense?
>
> Barry
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