"requiring user input disqualifies these attempts as virii..."

dream on. Explain, then, Netsky, et al. being at the top of the malware charts, with little more than e-mail as propagation method, however advanced?

Fact is, the vast majority of successful malware requires user idiocy, as *THAT* is the only "vulnerability" that is cross-platform.

Bottom line: the biggest problem with security today for home users is not the holes in any one OS, it's the fact that a large portion of them lack understanding of basics of managing a computer.

And what is the OS of choice for the *vast majority* of the "average uneducated user" crowd? Microsoft Windows. Perhaps it's unimportant that OS X has reached critical mass. Given the fact that it's suspected the top viruses in the wild today were written for profit... the logical target is the greatest number. Windows STILL offers that by a longshot.

Even if the ratio of about 20 to 1 (and that's pretty liberal) between Windows and Mac were to equalize, the average competence of Windows users would still be lower. Windows is a better target. It's just that simple.

As has been illustrated, OS X is no more secure as an OS than Windows... and heaven knows that user benevolence as an argument is not only opinion... it's ridiculous. Obviously, demographics *has* a part, even if it's not the 20-1 rate of Windows to Mac alone.

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