"Scanning it," Arthur lied. He wasn't just scanning it; he was dissecting it. Free software like this often came with passengers—malware, adware, or Trojans. He watched his security suite churn through the lines of code. One threat detected. It was a generic adware wrapper, likely a browser hijacker bundled by a third-party site trying to monetize the file. Arthur isolated it, stripped the payload, and prepped the clean executable.
That said, for several reasons: