Macs have more viruses

Apple.com states:

To get a sense of just how big the virus problem is, search for “virus” at both Apple and Microsoft. Compare the number of results. What’s more, the 100 most virulent attacks cause 99.9% of damage from malicious software. None of these attacks work on a Mac. Don’t you deserve such protection?

Aside from the fact that the number of results is hardly a reliable indication of anything except perhaps the search engine’s design, I don’t think this really helps to show Apple’s point. Here’s the linked-to results page on Apple.com:

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89 results on Apple.com. And here’s the one on Microsoft.com:

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Just 54 results for Microsoft.com. Viruses aren’t a problem for Windows. Users have to be smart and use anti-virus software, but if they do that, they’ll be fine.

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