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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Just my advice, but no OS will make you invulnerable. I've had linux machines hacked into as well.
IMO, a better solution is to make sure you've got backups/etc so that recovering doesn't take you months.
Being concerned/worried about security is a good thing. Switching OS in an attempt to not have to worry about it anymore is probably not the best idea.
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I'll second every word said. Backups are essential, and not only because of potential hacking or malware attack. We live in the age of plentiful and cheap mass storage (disks), but it seems to me that these devices are more and more prone to failures.
Having said all of that, the reality IS that life with Linux means less hassle with malware. It might be the case of "security by obscurity", but who cares?
There is no such thing as free lunch. The price of Linux is higher level of required knowledge for maintenance and operation, and lack of professionally written applications (CAD/CAM, games, the list goes on).
To compensate for all of that, virtual machines (vmware player, virtualbox and others) have also liberated us from the need to live with only one OS. You can have your cake (use Linux for most of network and day-to-day activities) and eat it too (run Windows programs in the virtual machine, everything except games), with a negligible penalty.