Have you ever heard of "Windows Defender"? They got more than 96.2% of detection rate according to AV Comparatives in September 2016[1].
Have you ever heard of "Windows 10"? They got less CVE vulnerabilities reported in 2016 than Android, Debian, Ubuntu, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Mac OS X, The Linux Kernel, iOS, even Chrome and Firefox[2].
If these are not examples of "adequate or even reasonable protection", then you got really unrealistic expectations or you're simply hating Microsoft for the sake of hating them.
As I said, it is not possible to deliver bug-free code, and you learn to live with it or you die hating every software vendor in the world.
Just remember, falling in the "I don't need AV, I don't use Windows" fallacy will bite you, and will bite you hard[3].
Have you heard of System Restore? You know, the utility that was supposed to put things back the way they were should the system ever get messed up? Oh but it doesn't work against malware.
Security is more than being impervious to every conceivable attack. Just being able to restore an infected system would have made their platform "reasonable". But they didn't.
Also, windows defender was YEARS too late. Which was why I specified the 10 year window.
Have you ever heard of "Windows 10"? They got less CVE vulnerabilities reported in 2016 than Android, Debian, Ubuntu, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Mac OS X, The Linux Kernel, iOS, even Chrome and Firefox[2].
If these are not examples of "adequate or even reasonable protection", then you got really unrealistic expectations or you're simply hating Microsoft for the sake of hating them.
As I said, it is not possible to deliver bug-free code, and you learn to live with it or you die hating every software vendor in the world.
Just remember, falling in the "I don't need AV, I don't use Windows" fallacy will bite you, and will bite you hard[3].
[1] https://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php
[2] https://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php?year=2016
[3] https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/the-kernel-org-hack...