I know all OS has its fair share of problems; Linux had that issue with the University of Minnesota being banned from adding future contributions to the kernel, malware becoming more prevalent on both Linux and MacOS, but good grief when ISN'T Microsoft in the news about patches causing more problems, malware, or crippling vulnerabilities like the printer nightmare and now this.
Thank you for this temporary fix, I also suggest creating a dedicated local admin account for additional protection (PC World has an article on how to do it), and it looks like I seriously need to go about transitioning to Linux soon.