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However, a scan result does not mean much, a full proof would be if he found the keystrokes actually logged in some file and/or being sent to somewhere.

Btw, I am typing this from a Samsung R510 laptop. Fortunetaly I don't use crappy windows. I run Gentoo Linux.

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Luckily, I'm using OS X, so I don't have anything as gauche as a keylogger to worry about.

I have a much classier Keyboard Concierge.

The fact that Macs are statistically less likely to be infected by malware does not mean they are immune. It just means, that most malware-authors are more interested in windows because of the larger number of potential victims.

(Who came up with the idea to spin the fact that Macs are less attractive to black-hats into Macs being more secure anyway?)

He was obviously joking. Did you miss the concierge bit?

Void pointer indeed...

This wasn't so much aimed as a direct response to the joke but rather a general comment towards the fact that there are actually people who want to believe that Macs are actually more secure then any other computer. Sorry for being so unclear.

"Fortunetaly (sic) I don't use crappy windows. I run Gentoo Linux."

A reasonable observation followed by a stupid effectively ad hominem attack. The reason your Linux PC is free from the Samsung keylogger (if it does exist) is only because there's little to no incentive to bother with attacking Linux users. Do you really believe Microsoft has spent billions in research and hiring the brightest minds in technology to create an inherently insecure OS, or is it more likely that the incredibly large userbase creates much greater incentives for security attacks?

No, the reason his computer does not have the keylogger is because he installed an operating system other than the one it came with (assuming the story is accurate). Even if he had reinstalled Windows, he would not have it.

Unless the BIOS knows how to install Windows keyloggers in Windows root partitions and Linux keyloggers in Linux root partitions.

Sure, but this doesn't substantiate calling Windows stupid, which by itself implies fault with the OS.

Windows is not a man (or person), and therefore cannot possibly be the target of an "ad hominem" attack.

To attack a company or product based on opinion rather than fact is the same fallacy.

Gentoo is good but paranoid penguins prefer Linux From Scratch :)

Except for the teams of people patching software for security holes and issuing those updates automatically through a package manager?

I was just one-upping :)

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