C:\Windows - virus homeland
By cambiste
@cambiste (1244)
India
January 21, 2009 6:47am CST
I've read in many places that most viruses install or creep into our windows folder in the C drive. This seems to be a reason why linux or mac OS users are safer and more secure.
Once i had to change computers, and our engineers accidentally switched the C and D drives - Windows was in D and customized folders in C - and i have to say, i had very less virus intereference then. Well, we bought a new PC a few months back and windows and viruses are back in C.
Do you think is a solution to avoid viruses?
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@nigenh (167)
• India
21 Jan 09
Yes thats because most of the users make C: as their windows installation drive, so it becomes handy easy for the virus writers to get the system infected easily. I have seen 95% of the people install their windows in C drive & a virus writer can easily predict the windows folders especially the system32 one & infect it.
Even out of my experience when I changed my windows installation to another drive other than C the virus infection was pretty low. Even I have designed some simple small prank viruses with which I have played with my friends just for fun purpose & you know what those who had not installed their windows in C drive escaped from it. So I would advise all to change the drives next time to install any OS.
