&quot;Microsoft was once the epitome of evrything that is wrong with security in technology.&quot;<p>Certainly they have improved over the last decade, but who hasn&#x27;t?  Not to mention they have boatloads of cash to throw at the problem.<p>But the fact^W opinion remains Windows is still the easiest target of any OS.  A user can configure any OS to be less secure, and other OS can become as popular a target as Windows but there&#x27;s something about Windows that makes it a far greater liability than all the rest.<p>It&#x27;s closed source.<p>How are you ever going to assess the quality of this software in terms of security?  By reading the New York Times?<p>Boatloads of cash also buys PR.