Mac Wont install anything

i just got this cool lil blue computer from my Noonb friend who deleted random files to make room for stuff that he didn't need. he deleted Internet explorer, and alot of other things as well. i went to microsoft.com and downloaded Internet Explorer. it was a .bin file... and when in try to run the installer it says that it cannot run becasue it cant find the program which created it. This happens to all software that i try to install. All i want this computer to do is AIM and Internet Explorer or Firefox. Please help. I dont know much about the Mac OS, i am a windows guy. thanks.

Insert any Mac OS 9 CD and then use Sherlock 2 to search the CD for a file which has StuffIt in its name. If Sherlock displays StuffIt Expander as one of the results, open it and drag the .bin files onto it; you can also install StuffIt Expander onto your hard disk.
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