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I don't know if there was a point in there or not, but...

People don't generally use a C64 with an always-on Internet connection as their main computer. C64 viruses and malware are fairly rare. Windows XP malware, on the other hand, is all too common.

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Yup, eventually XP becomes less attacked, and in practice, more secure. While people moving in droves to newer untested Windows that are heavily attacked.

I'll stay with XP until it becomes undefendable. Then i'll move to Linux.

So the worms in the wild are just going to decide to stop spreading and move to Windows 7. Or not.

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