linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Why windows gets more malware than Unix ,Linux and Mac?

> And some distros use sudo and some let you run as root by either logging in

> as root or changing to root temporarily. I believe that su actually means
substitute user and not switch user as previously said. Then there is Fedora
> which has su and su -. If you run as su then you cannot affect system wide
> changes. For that you need su - which means su - root. In many distros then

su is understood as root, but the su - is the traditional Unix way. You can
> actually type su - bob to run as user bob. Then there is gksu and kdesu. It
>
all makes for an interesting experience.
>

What is distros and Fedora?

>There's lots of malware for Windows because 95% of the desktop >computers in the world run Windows, making it an attractive target >for malware writers.
>It has nothing to do with the architecture of the operating system. >None of the points you cite is a factor, and some of them are >incorrect:
>1. Windows has not only a protected kernel, but multiple levels of >protection throughout the operating system. The security >architecture is considerably more complex and flexible than that of >UNIX, which is a much older operating system with a simple security >model.

care to explain the multiple levels of protection throughout the operating system you speek of.

>Not all of the Windows security architecture is exposed in user >interfaces.

What do you mean?

>2. This is backwards: UNIX is the inspiration for Mac OSX, and Linux >isn't UNIX at all, but instead a clone of UNIX.
>3. UNIX is not a set of standards, it's just a registered trademark. >To use the trademark to refer to an operating system, a license is >required. OS developers can apply to the Open Group for a license to >use the trademark, which may or may not require a proprietary >certification.

>You cannot install, modify, or remove critical system components on >Windows unless you are running under an administrator account, just >as in UNIX.
>
>Somebody has seriously misled you with respect to what UNIX and >Windows can and cannot do.

There seems to be confusion on what root means here and admin.Has If you not admin you cannot do nothing that means install, modify, or remove critical system components .