Re: Which is more secure Outlook or Hotmail?
As said they are two differnt approaches, and cannot be directly compared.
The main risk with Hotmail is that of using Internet Explorer to access it,
and then absentmindedly continuing to do general surfing with it, and
inadvertently accessing a malware site which exploits its security
weaknesses. That is by far the most common way in which machines get
compromised.
Outlook used to be a security disaster-area, but recent versions have
substantially improved on that situation. However I would still be careful
about opening untrusted HTML messages in Outlook.
If you want to achieve security then:
1. Don't use Internet Explorer, for Hotmail or anything else. Get Firefox.
2. Use a more-secure POP/IMAP mailreader such as Thunbderbird.