IS   UEFI   MORE  SECURE  THAN  LEGACY   BIOS  ? 11 Jul 2022 I think not! UEFI allows flash memory operations from the OS Desktop. I believe that makes it more vulnerable to malware attacks or potential misuse by the average user. There are some features which can make server-side management easier but for every day users of home desktop computers it is not worth investing in new hardware just for the sake of some bells and whistles, like animated views of hardware components and such... silly stuff. Not to mention the thousands of bugs reported every day mainly due to bad implementation by the Operating System or the Hardware Manufacturer. It is now widely accepted, though not advertised, that a professional hacker can bypass the 'Secure Boot' option in UEFI and install malware that compromise your system. In that scenario, the code is baked directly into the firmware and consequently it cannot be removed simply by wipi...