Viruses are what they are but the threat isn’t there. It is in malware and a user will introduce it w/o even breaking a sweat.
Windows is secure on the latest versions but malware is the game.
“Look! A free copy of Tetris for my Mac!!!! All it does is ask me for a username and password!”
Bingo. Test the uid/password on Quicken, Wells Fargo, Chase, etc.
People get their panties in a wad over a DOS attack. The threat is monetary.
I use both Linux and Windows, and it’s a lot clearer to me in Linux when a security boundary is about to get breached because of how the systems behave. A download, even a drive by download, on Windows can just go hack all my privileged stuff behind my back (password protection is absolutely pitiful). Linux will show some distinct form of annoyance at this, asking me things that nothing decent should ask.