"[…] I dislike the culture of fear that permeates Windows security software marketing. I don’t think it’s ethical to scare users into buying your security software product— and it also creates a huge conflict of interest between the security software vendors and the virus, malware, and trojan creators. After all, why would we buy anti-virus software if, like Mac OS X users, we had almost no risk of being infected by a virus, malware, or trojan? Windows security software vendors need the threats— and the more credible and fearsome the threats, the better— to make money. They have no economic incentive to support an environment where threats are ineffective. The status quo of weak Windows security suits them just fine. It sells their products. […]"
