Originally Posted By: JeremyInMT
I think that Sandboxie recommends still running AV but it does seem like a neat idea, so I think I will try it.
Also MSE seems to be one of the very best for AV, since it has a very high detection rate for the ones in the definition but also because it has one of the highest detection rates for those virii not in the definition list.
Yep. They finally got their act together security wise.
I think the lines of thinking were, "Our OS in inherently vulnerable because we build in so much backwards compatibility along with interoperability with a multitude of other hardware/software/enterprise solutions that we're always going to be open to exploit. We're also the biggest kid on the block and thus a prime target, so lets provide a top notch AV solution for free (to small businesses as well) and cut the head off the snake before it gets onto users systems."
OS X doesn't have that problem because Apple doesn't worry about backward compatibility as much and some of their OS updates to my knowledge have even broken or disabled previously available features on older hardware. Their market share is also smaller providing a less inviting target.
Likewise, Linux is a smaller target and the community also doesn't necessarily care about backward compatibility (see lib updates breaking previously functioning software and screwing up hardware support in many instances.)
