More than half of Windows machines are INFECTED with malware

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>   
>> Samuel Thurston, III wrote:
>>     
>>> Malware can take advantage of known vulnerabilities in Firefox and
>>> other OSS/GPL browsers, so I doubt your doubt.
>>>       
>> Thanks for pointing that out. Just because it is open to all to see
>> does not mean it is actually being checked.
>>     
>
> While that is certainly true, most malware writers have no problem 
> finding vulnerabilities in closed source software. I don't think it is 
> easier to find faults in open source software because you have to 
> understand the source to find the vulnerability. That takes a lot of 
> time. It is less time consuming to just feed any program with unexpected 
> data and find out if there is an unexpected reaction. I don't think 
> there is much advantage if you have the source code.
>
>
>   

Well, if there is not much advantage in having the source to find 
vulnerabilities, then the point(s) about it being conducive to better 
security becomes closer to moot.