Will a redesigned operating system remove or take away all the virus?

if microsoft made a new secure operating system from the ground up and changed how the system works, then all the hackers and virus makers need to learn new things again and have harder time finding exploits.

But I think that the side effect of this is that all applications that were made for windows will all be unsupported.



(I do not know anything on about operating system codes and how they work)Will a redesigned operating system remove or take away all the virus?
Microsoft is trying to make Windows more secure, W7 now beats Vista, which beat XP, which beat Win 98. It is an ongoing evolution. And there will always be new Malware for even W7, and application compatibility issues, whenever you upgrade.



But, Windows isn't the only OS out there. Apple's OS X and Linux / Unix, don't have near the Malware (almost ZERO), or, application compatibility problems.



If you tried the FREE Linux Mint 8 (just run as a Live CD, no need to install Mint!) for a week, you might never go back to Windows, period, unless, you're a Windows Gamer.Will a redesigned operating system remove or take away all the virus?
i donot think so because hackers and viruses are also known as technology developersWill a redesigned operating system remove or take away all the virus?
Maybe yes, maybe no. MS does its best to retain a great degree of backwards compatibility. Should they do a complete dump and start fresh with no consideration for backwards compatibility then there would be a much smaller attack surface on the new OS. However, they would likely have major problems getting everyone to upgrade to the new OS as old software would no longer work and it would take time for developer to start making new software for the new OS. The chances of them doing this are extremely slim though. The other side of the equation that makes MS Windows a large target for maliciouss software is twofold. It is A) the OS used by at least 80 percent of desktop users in the world and B) it is a known environment in that malware authors can expect the presence of certain code libraries in every Windows machine in certain directories. Mac OS pcs are have the same flaw as MS in that certain things are going to be present on every Mac out there but they only make up about 8-12 percent of the market. Linux, BSD and others may or may not have the code libraries a virus or other malware needs to operate and they may or may not be located where the malware expects them to be.