How Windows 8 Changes the Game for PC Security

Security, or lack thereof, has dogged Microsoft Windows since the mid 1990s. This was bad news for consumers who were fond of risky practices like sharing 3.5-inch floppies and downloading unknown files from services like AOL, UseNet Groups and, later, the web and file-sharing services. It was a boon, though, for a legion of security software companies that all dove into the breach to protect us from a vulnerable operating system and ourselves.

For years, Microsoft did all it could to shore up its own defenses. In the Windows XP era, patches showed up almost constantly. Eventually Microsoft settled on Patch Tuesday and security software firms saddled consumers with bloated applicatio…
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