Do gift horses come with spyware and virusii?

[icarus]

I am deeply suspicious.

It's not that I'm not happy my spyware and virus protection software haven't picked up a single virus or spy-fly in two weeks. Oh, yes, that is good news. Who wants virusii and spies?

It just doesn't make sense that as of December 31, all of my programs suddenly declare a daily clean bill of health. Not so much as a tracking cookie. For as long as I can remember, I've picked up a daily clutter of adware.

Also, don't different virus protection packages detect different viruses and spyware? They shouldn't match.

Then, the date they all started declaring my system clean is suspicious. They all say the same thing as of December 31st.

Add to that my system is running at the speed of cold sludge.

...

Yeah. Maybe I should celebrate my good fortune. Or maybe I should take a closer look.

Comments

[mad_maudlin]

I will second the claim that AVG is a memory hog--I simply cannot run anything else, except maybe Solitaire, while it's doing a scan. It also starts scanning every time I boot up, which makes it a joy to try to shut off while all the other start-when-Windows-starts programs are trying to do their thing.

Something you might want to test out is RunScanner, which tells you what programs are running on your computer and gives you a nice hyperlinked report to help identify any malware in disguise. I used it while trying to troubleshoot my driver issues. If there's something running in the background (aside from AVG) that's sucking up memory, RunScanner might suss it out.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Okay, I feel better now about my doubts.

(Psst. Have you seen amothea's rec of Heteronormativity?)

[mad_maudlin]

...now that you pointed it out to me, I have. Wow. No wonder that's still getting comments. I must've done something right...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I can't decide if my favorite line is "you weigh about as much as a balled up newspaper" or this:

"Hungry," John said, "food, dinner. Teyla, I think you should take Eldon to dinner, he's delicious. I mean he's hungry. Dinner is delicious and Eldon is here. And hungry."

[mad_maudlin]

Yeah, Mensa!John is skinny. And he has glasses. And ridiculous hair. In fact, I'm not entirely sure he's not really Dr. Who. :-)

But what I really meant was, well, I know that popularity of a fic has as much to do with being in the right place at the right time as quality and originality, and I can't figure out what bit of the fandom Zeitgeist I touched on with that one or the last one I posted at SGA flashfic. But they're both getting tons of comments (still) and that makes me happy.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that Joe Flanigan would have made a great Harry Potter, if he were 22 years younger. He even wore glasses most of his life (got the laser surgery after he became an actor).

[mad_maudlin]

Hey, maybe when they film the epilogue...?

(I actually have a fully-outlined HP/SGA crossover fic in which Rodney refers to Harry as John's "mini-me." Then there's some spitting and flailing.)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*g*

You know what was great about Heteronormativity? It was fresh and different. I mean, it was also hilarious, but SGA has fallen into a rut lately.

[mad_maudlin]

You think so? I guess I don't notice these things off on my edge of the fandom. Maybe it's because the last season was such a disappointment; people weren't feeling the happy anymore and fell back on familiar and comfortable themes, like the eleventy jillion McShep tags/fixits for "Shrine." I know I stopped watching for a while after getting through "The Lost Tribe" because I was feeling burnt out on it, but I'm in Kazakhstan and nobody expects me to pay attention. ;-)

[amalthia]

This is the line where I almost died, "Somebody once told John he kissed like a gagging goldfish..." really I should have known better than to try eating while reading this story especially after being highly amused by all the other adjectives.

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

Ooo, that sounds useful. Thank you.