Hello tom'sHardware community,
I am thinking about making a separate super-secure netbook/laptop for financial transactions (mostly just because I am a little paranoid, and also just for fun).
So I came up with these question:
Which operating system (Linux/Unix distributions, OS X, Win 8, etc) is least susceptible to attack?
I would imagine that antivirus software made for more mainstream operating systems, such as Windows, are more robust and have more up-to-date virus definitions than anti-virus software made for Linux/Unix. (Correct me if I am wrong). Does a more robust mainstream antivirus necessarily more secure than a safer OS (i.e. Unix) with it's own less mainstream anti-virus?
Thanks!
I am thinking about making a separate super-secure netbook/laptop for financial transactions (mostly just because I am a little paranoid, and also just for fun).
So I came up with these question:
Which operating system (Linux/Unix distributions, OS X, Win 8, etc) is least susceptible to attack?
I would imagine that antivirus software made for more mainstream operating systems, such as Windows, are more robust and have more up-to-date virus definitions than anti-virus software made for Linux/Unix. (Correct me if I am wrong). Does a more robust mainstream antivirus necessarily more secure than a safer OS (i.e. Unix) with it's own less mainstream anti-virus?
Thanks!