Windows apologists have always said that the only reason Linux doesn't
have viruses (or worms, which are the same for the purpose of this
discussion) is because it is not nearly as common as Windows, disregarding
the vastly different security model.
The traditional response has been to point out that Apache has a much
larger market share than IIS yet IIS has many more security problems,
exploits, viruses, etc. than Apache.
I just read on /. that there is a virus going around attacking Windows
systems through MySQL. I don't know the details of how it does it but
apparently it has already found and infected quite a few Windows machines.
You would think Windows servers running MySQL would be pretty darn rare,
and you would be right. This is another excellent example of how
popularity is not necessary for a platform or specific software
combination to be targeted for viruses.
