# What happened to the giant "If your computer isn't working" Thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046 "2009-10-25T14:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/1 "2009-10-25T14:09:52Z")
There used to be a Stickied thread that contained a million free virus scan links and all kinds of useful resources and opensource stuff for fucked up computers. Where is that? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/2 "2009-10-25T14:45:21Z")
It was woefully out of date with a low signal to noise ratio. Better to just link to a [good computer care forum](http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/) than sticky a thread that doesn’t get maintained enough to keep it useful. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/3 "2009-10-25T14:54:49Z")
If you are still looking for it, [it can be found here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260053&highlight=hijackthis). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/4 "2009-10-25T14:59:49Z")
[Here is the thread in About This Message Board asking this question.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536840) ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/5 "2009-10-26T10:58:42Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It was woefully out of date with a low signal to noise ratio. Better to just link to a [good computer care forum](http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/) than sticky a thread that doesn’t get maintained enough to keep it useful. I’ll upgrade the antenna on that thread to catch the new HD channels. The remote was out of batteries too. You’re right, that thread is very dated, but since the sticky glue fell off, I wasn’t sure if anyone was still referring to it. But this seems to have come up twice this week. > [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > [Here is the thread in About This Message Board asking this question.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536840) Thanks for linking to that. I hadn’t seen it earlier. **GFactor** said he might re-sticky it if the info was updated. So I’ll do that this week. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-giant-if-your-computer-isnt-working-thread/515046/6 "2009-10-28T08:04:36Z")
I have seen drag queens at 4:00 AM who looked better.