Can't Open Downloaded .bin

Let me preface this by saying that I didn't really know where to put this message, but I figured with the downloading and the program involved this was as good a shot as any.
I'm a new mac user, so bare with me.
I literally opened my macbook 2 hours ago and have been setting it up, tweaking it and generally just getting my smell over it but I encountered a peculiarity.
When I tried downloading my favorite chat program (AIM) I tried opening the install file (aim.bin) but instead of opening that it opened the Microsoft Office MacATTACK free 30 day trial. Now, I don't need that as I've got a copy of Office, so I uninstalled it, but the aim.bin file still won't open.
I don't know anything at all about OSX.
Can anyone break this down for me into easy to chew 'this means this, you are doing this, do this, then this' style?
Thank you!
T

Thank you, I appreciate your help, however, instead of opening the .bin file with Stuffit Expander, I get a message from Quicktime that says it can't recognize the filetype.
When trying to load the file by opening Stuffit Expander and selecting the file from the desktop, the file appears on the file list, but is not selectable (greyed out).
Any other ideas?

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