Virus statistics
The following virus statistics provide an overview on how operating systems have historically interacted with computer viruses.
General-purpose operating systems
Operating system |
Creator |
Known viruses (including variants) |
First virus appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
AIX |
IBM |
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AmigaOS |
Amiga, Inc. |
775 |
|
FreeBSD |
The FreeBSD Project |
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HP-UX |
Hewlett-Packard |
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i5/OS |
IBM |
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IRIX |
SGI |
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Inferno |
Bell Labs |
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Linux |
GNU Project, Linus Torvalds et al. |
30 |
|
Mac OS Classic |
Apple Inc. |
4 - 63 |
|
Mac OS X |
Apple Inc. |
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Mac OS X Server |
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MS-DOS |
Microsoft |
around 4,000 |
January 1986 |
NetBSD |
The NetBSD Project |
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NetWare |
Novell |
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OpenBSD |
The OpenBSD Project |
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OpenVMS |
DEC (now HP) |
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OS/2 |
IBM and Microsoft |
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PC-BSD |
PC-BSD Software |
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Plan 9 |
Bell Labs |
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Solaris |
Sun |
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Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft |
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Windows |
Microsoft |
over 200,000 |
|
RISC OS |
Acorn Computers, RISC OS Limited |
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ZETA |
yellowTAB |
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STOP 6 / XTS-400 |
BAE Systems |
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ReactOS |
ReactOS development team |
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Operating system |
Creator |
Known viruses (including variants) |
First virus appearance |
Embedded systems
Operating system |
Creator |
Known viruses (including variants) |
First virus appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackBerry OS |
Research In Motion |
1 |
August 2006 |
Embedded Linux |
GNU Project, Linus Torvalds and al. |
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Mac OS X |
Apple Inc. |
0 |
- |
Palm OS |
PalmSource, Inc. |
4 |
September 2000 |
Symbian OS |
Symbian Ltd. |
83 |
June 2004 |
Windows Mobile |
Microsoft |
2 |
July 2004 |
Operating system |
Creator |
Known viruses (including variants) |
First virus appearance |
See also
- Antivirus software
- Black hat
- Computer insecurity
- Cryptovirology
- Mobile virus
- Security through obscurity
- Spam (electronic)
- Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
- Turing completeness
- Virus hoax
- List of antivirus software
- List of computer viruses
- List of computer virus hoaxes
- List of computer worms
- List of Linux computer viruses
- List of trojan horses
- Palm OS Viruses