In this article in the NCTimes it explains how Linux can be a more secure alternative to Windows

Overall this is a good articles but new Linux users must be aware of one very important thing. Most default installations install MANY more services than the average user will need and turns them on by default. For Linux to be a secure alternative to Windows the new users will need to investigate how to turn off all unnecessary services. The other downside of Linux for new users is the area of software updates. Linux certainly has the ability to have updates fetched and applied automatically, but that is usually not set up by default and for a person who is not familiar with Linux this can be a daunting task.

There are distributions that make these tasks much easier for the windows users; Mandrake (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/) and Fedora (http://fedora.redhat.com/) are two distributions that make the windows transition easier. In my opinion, Mandrake Linux is one of the best distributions for the average user moving from windows

Overall I think that Linux is the more secure and flexible OS but it has the potential to be less secure if not properly configured and people need to keep this in mind when reading this article

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