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Not very explicitly. When have you heard some journalist write an article about a "Windows Worm"? They're always always always "PC Worms" or "PC Viruses".

Microsoft gets big credit for releasing a patch for many "PC Worms" or "PC vulnerabilities", but the vulnerability in never ever a "Windows" problem.

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I have the same impression and I do think that if only Toyotas had frequent and widespread problems with breaking systems, you'd hear stories about "Toyota break failures" rather than "Car break failures."

I tested my impression with data:

Google news searches:

frequency term

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0 pc worm

5 windows worm

12 computer worm

0 computer vulnerability

2 pc vulnerability

7 windows vulnerability

6 pc virus

35 windows virus

161 computer virus

Because the standard reporter's assumption is that a "PC" is a computer running Windows. Otherwise, it's a Mac.

Not just reporters, everybody except a small group of techies. Just look at the Mac vs. PC ads, which were really Mac vs. Windows.

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