I have said a number of times to a number of people that “Windows, any flavor, is unsafe for use in a home environment”. I use Windows at work where there are numerous, certified, compensated, experts to deal with the numerous and well-known security problems with Microsoft Windows. These experts along with significant capital investment create a network with sufficient additional protection that my employer can trust that the Windows computers connected to the company network will be safe.
But at home, I only boot Windows when not connected to the Internet. I only use Windows to play games that only run in Windows, most particularly Flight Simulator. This way I can avoid catching some dread virus or trojan. I use Ubuntu now and previously used Debian unstable. Keeping these systems safe is a relatively easy matter with System Update or apt.
Now comes news from New South Wales that one should not use Windows for on-line banking. Hmm.