80 percent of viruses love Windows 7

[Syanide]

So, how do I keep my systems from being compromized? It's very easy:

1) Use some kind of anti-virus to protect my systems from the common viral vectors, and some kind of anti-spyware / malware tools to ensure that you are protected.

2) Don't go to pr0n sites - ever. Pr0n sites are a massive viral vector, due to their popularity

3) Don't download and/or install software that was obtained via illegitimate sources

4) Don't download tools and programs that assist in cracking or patching software that was obtained via Rule #3, and don't even visit the sites that have those bits.

5) Don't to go websites that you aren't sure about, unless you are willing to get bit.

6) Don't use p2p software to download anything.

Nice advices, but in all honesty, the list doesn't speak much about Windows' safety.

1) I don't have an antivirus, I don't know how the firewall (iptables) is configured, I have none malware tools. I ran out of space on my main partition, and until I buy a hard drive to back up my data, reorganize partitions and switch to Ubuntu 9.10, I disabled system and app updates. And there are a lot of them.

2) I browse shady porn sites on a daily basis :)

3) Usually I don't do this, but I think I have two apps that my brother uses that fit the description.

4) See #3

5) See #2

6) I use it actually from time to time.

And my system still runs fast and stable as on the day I installed it. Not saying I'm doing the right thing, but somehow I feel if I did this on Windows my machine would explode.

[Solid Knight]

Windows 7 also doesn't protect me from writing a program that deletes all my files then executing said program.