Just an update and request for assistance

I know I sort of disappeared from gmail/yahoo a few days ago, and I'm so sorry. My computer crapped out on me and I had a couple days nice freak-out, talking long hours on the phone with my computer engineer bff in vain. I ended up buying a new one, which is pretty nice, but I miss my old one. Above mentioned bff believes it is a motherboard issue and he'll be able to get all my data at the very least, and if it is the motherboard, he's going to order the necessary parts and fix it for me. *sigh* He's the bestest.

In the meantime, however (he lives several states away, so I'm going to have to mail it to him, and it'll probably be at least a month before I see it/get any data back) I don't have *any* of my files--none of my fic, pictures, music, any of it *sadfaces*

If I have sent you fic recently that is not posted, would you mind sending it back to me? I'm going to sift through my gmail, but I have this horrible habit of accidentally deleting important things and not noticing until it is too late. Also, if you want to share any musics with me? So much appreciated. When I'm free from work/school on Thursday I'm going to start ripping my cd collection, but that is such a pain in the ass.

Anyway, right now I'm swamped with school and work, and trying to get my computer set up with all the proper protection - avg, spybot, adaware, etc. However, I've noticed I must have missed something, only IDK what. On my old computer, I never saw ads. Ever. Not even the ones on sponsored lj accounts, or other annoying things like that. Anyone know what I might have had installed that I didn't mention above?

I miss my computer...