How to stop spyware

here is a nice, idiot friendly guide on how to use windows on the net. For the most part, well done, especially for the intended audience. What I just love is that to have a windows machine running properly you need:

Anti-virus software
An additional browser
An additional firewall
Not one, but two anti-spyware apps(my one beef with his article, he should have included microsoft anti-spyware, and configured all three for automatic scans)

something else thats interesting, not only is this completely un nessicary for any other operating system, but every other operating system is more technologically advanced then windows at the moment.

and whats most interesting of all, microsoft has somewhere between 90-95% marketshare on computer operating systems.

The question is: does this make microsoft the greatest salesmen of all time, or is this proof that the general public has the mentality of a pack of lemmings?

Ill let you decide.