[ShadowAce]

Linux doesn't need AVG, and I run NoScript on my Linux Firefox. So you shouldn't have any worries regarding those.

I also use Word and Excel files. Granted, they are not laden with macros, but LibreOffice reads and writes to MS formats quite well. You can install LibreOffice under Windows, if you like, to get a taste for how it would interact with your files.

[Rich21IE]

I read about LibreOffice: http://dennygoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/entire-italian-province-drops-microsoft.html

Italian Province of Umbria is adopting it as their standard and are dumping MS altogether!

Fascinating stuff, this!