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Thursday, February 24, 2005

91% of Windows PCs are infected?

Why does Windows still suck?

The most surprising figure in the article–that 91% of PCs are infected (or maybe the word should be “infested”)–sounds high, but gets some anecdotal support in comments in Brent Simmons’ weblog.

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