Quote Originally Posted by gore
The forever needing AV isn't totally correct; Windows has that need, but if you look at most Linux and BSD AV products, a lot of them only check for virii so you don't accidentally send one to someone running Windows. I can't remember which one has that as their product description, but it said that basically it checks for Windows virii and is merely a way to make sure you don't infect friends running Windows since they can't normally touch you anyway unless you're dumb enough to use Root for everything.
Would the statement; "Linux & BSD OS' would be just as likely to be infected as windows providing that infections were written to attack said OS" ?

Or are the Linux/BSD OS' naturally protected or shielded?

I have no clue But until gore's comment I thought these OS's were simply less prone to attack as they are non-user friendly etc etc or "less popular" or simply there are just more Microsoft products in the world and they are much easier

?? Curious ??