If you are a Comcast high-speed internet subscriber, you can download and use Norton Internet Security Suite for free and use on three windows computers.  July 2010.

Your internet provider usually allows you to save data on their server as an off-site backup location.  July 2010

If you are looking for a free Office Suite which can open Microsoft Office files(even 2007 docx files) use Open Office. It’s the one I use.  It also allows you to save your spreadsheet or document as a adobe pdf. You can download it from the Resources Tab.

Foxit is a faster and more secure Adobe pdf reader which I recommend over Adobe Acrobat reader.  You can download it from the Resources tab.

Remember, there are other web browsers besides Internet Explorer for Windows.  I use Firefox, Opera, and Safari.  I feel Firefox is more secure than IE.  It can be downloaded from the Resources page.