Secondly, it's a myth that Windows must be updated to stay secure. It's such a huge myth it's actually cringe worthy. If you're at home windows updates are needed only to keep your IE/Edge installation secure. That's all. All incoming network ports are blocked on your router by default.
And if you're stupid enough to rely on MS Security Essentials then I will stop arguing with you. That's not an AV - that's a huge hole.
Unrequired updates are rarely good.
> Sorry but the whole article stinks of anti-MS FUD and anyone who attempts to argue against keeping (or features that keep) their PC up to date is ignorant at best.
You took just one item on the list to attack without even giving valid sound arguments and now you say the whole article is anti MS FUD.
With that I bid farewell to you. You have yet to become a decent debator.
P.S. The truth is Windows has had some remote vulnerabilities in regard to fonts rendering and such but they are very difficult to exploit (and I haven't heard of any circulating in the wild exploits).
Again in 99% of cases users get infected by downloading shady files from the net or opening unrequested e-mail attachments. Windows updates will NEVER save you from that.