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Originally Posted by phoenix_iii View Post
I gave up on Microsoft about a year ago. Soooooooooo sick of all the antivirus, anti-malware, defrag, spyware, crap-tastic maintenance I've been doing (and still do for family) just for the pleasure of using the internet. no thanks...

OS-X, Linux, all better.
Not quite. The only reason those OSes are "secure" is because they are obscure. Hackers concentrate their efforts where they are likely to realize the most damage/personal gain. No point in attacking OSes that no one uses. If those OSes gain in popularity, they will be vulnerable. In fact, I'd argue they will be MORE vulnerable because their makers have no history with actually trying to thwart hackers.
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