<p>“For that matter, will our futile arguments have any bearing at all on the situation? I have personally never encountered any significant problems with Windows and certainly nothing on the level of what you describe with your friend’s malware issues.”</p>
<p>You referred to an ad hominem argument in another post. Well, if you know what ad hominem arguments are, then you should know what anecdotal evidence is. Just the fact that there are myriad anti-malware programs out there for Windows should be a sign that there are problems in the Windows ecosystem.</p>
<p>There was a report earlier this year which stated that over one percent of PCs have active infections of ID theft malware. It only takes a little research to find that a lot of people have malware problems.</p>