they would just need to paste a command line to findstr: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732459.aspx

but don't let facts get in the way of your platform wars...

That's why I won't use any OS that's not Unix-like.

grep for this and that in this directory. Brilliant!

Because you can't type a search string into the search box in explorer on windows?

The search box in explorer searches binaries these days? Honest question, I haven't used it in years.

That seems like it would be pretty counterintuitive for users though. Someone tries to search for the string 'program' and it returns all binaries that have 'This program cannot be run in DOS mode' in them. (Which I think is pretty much all PE binaries)

I recall "search all files" looking inside pretty much everything, including exe and unknown file types. (it's been a while for me, too.)

I recall "search all files" only searching indexed folders, which by default leaves a lot of room for the virus to install itself somewhere that is not being search without even trying.

And then you click "search all folders (may be slow)".

I appreciate what you're saying but you could have re-phrased without the negative sarcasm.