"It's not safe to run an internet facing Windows box right now," a hacker who used to work in the US Department of Defense said to Motherboard.
I'm thinking this could be a good time to introduce your friends to #Linux.
I wrote a bit on why over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/65gnkm/this_could_be_a_good_time_to_talk_to_your_friends/
@forteller It's not safe to point most computers towards the internet, with a P(compromise) proportional to the deployment footprint of the OS.
You don't point Linux servers at the internet without careful care and constant patches, either.
It's just FUD, to use the classical term.