Most malware target Windows because it's the undisputed king of the personal computer market.
Were that king Linux or Mac or BSD or god damn Haiku, they would be seeing the brunt of malware attacks instead.
Were that king Linux or Mac or BSD or god damn Haiku, they would be seeing the brunt of malware attacks instead.
If MS dealt with all their technical debt and built a brand new OS following proper disclosure as well as OSing most of their kernel, you'd see that it would be much harder to exploit.
Think of linux that runs over 90% of all servers in the world. How many ransomware attacks have they been hit with?