Safe downloads Malware free, no cost to you

As a courtesy for visiting my site, I will give you a chance to receive free software that is malware-free. Don't click on anything, but wait for the loading bar to load.
LibreOffice, an open-source alternative to MS Office: 
https://bju.box.com/agood764-LibreOffice-86

MalwareBytes, an antivirus software that gives you a free trial for a while
https://bju.box.com/agood764-MalwareBytes
MalwareBytes Premium key code information when your free trial expires
https://bju.box.com/agood764-MB-Key
Microsoft Security Essentials, typical Windows anti-malware defense
https://bju.box.com/agood764-MS-Sec-Essnt
Ye Olde Spybot WITH teatimer for free
https://bju.box.com/agood764-Spybot-Old
Sudo for Windows. Works like Linux's sudo to raise your rights with little danger. SuRun from SourceForge
https://bju.box.com/SuRun

 And I hope that the links work!

Anyway, the best advice is at least some advice, right?
RULES OF USING THE INTERNET
1. Don't click on ads. Ever. Try to block them as much as you can.
2. Don't download and install things without reading everything that the installer is spewing out. If you don't read it, then the possibility of your already having malware is increased.
3. Don't download from shady websites.
4. Don't save your passwords. If you have to, write them down on paper and store them in a secure place.
5. Don't give anybody your personal information, unless you absolutely know for sure that it is a site that you trust.
6. If something on a website is giving you a prompt that something about your computer isn't good enough, shrug it off. It's just an ad that people use to get their malware on your computer. Making you feel bad about your computer, and insisting that you need this particular thing in order to proceed is a trap. Ignore the ever-so-tempting big download buttons. Chances are, your computer doesn't need that particular piece of crap-ridden software.
7. Definitely get adblockers on all of your browsers. This makes it much simpler to avoid most annoying ads. Also avoid the ads on google whenever you do a google search. They are labelled as ads with a little yellow blob. Nice, huh? So avoid those at all costs.
8. Don't use internet explorer. Use a different browser such as Firefox or Chrome/Chromium. Firefox is the fastest, and usually catches something when the page wants to redirect to somewhere else.
9. When you want to try something that you downloaded out, and you don't want to sacrifice windows, use a virtual machine with windows installed on it, and sacrifice the virtual windows if you have to. This is a good way to find out what will happen when you install a questionable piece of software. Windows 7 (32-bit or x86) will work on VM (but Windows XP is faster on VM), and you can try it for a "limited" amount of time, but you can take snapshots of it and revert back to the first day if you want. You can take a snapshot of it right before you install the software in question, and revert back to before it was ever installed.
10. Definitely get some anti-malware just in case. And more than one. It's not worth the risk. If one doesn't catch the virus, the other probably will.

11. If all else fails, and you are frustrated with viruses and how slow your computer is, install the Linux OS and kill Windows. Linux usually works right out of the box, so don't worry too much because Google is there when you are at a loss. www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop and fedoraproject.org are the best and biggest Linux distributions (distros). This is a better way to use your old Windows XP computer:  put ubuntu linux or fedora linux with it. There are many other flavors that aren't as common as those two such as red hat, linux mint, gentoo linux, arch linux, puppy linux, and Debian. I recommend using Linux Mint because it is similar to Windows in general, and can be made to run some Windows applications through WINE (wine is not an emulator) program loader (sudo apt-get install wine OR su yum install wine) and PlayOnLinux (sudo apt-get install PlayOnLinux OR su yum install PlayOnLinux). You can even make linux look like mac.


Linux is a discouraging target for those who write malware. www.whylinuxisbetter.net is fairly accurate about linux.