He reached for the power button, but the screen changed one last time. It wasn't a virus scanner. It was a mirror image of his own screen, cascading into infinity, and a message at the bottom that read: Protection isn't free. But the lesson is.
The flickering neon light of the "24/7 Tech Hub" sign was the only thing illuminating Elias鈥檚 cramped apartment. It was 3:00 AM, and he was hunting for a ghost.
Desperate, he typed into the search bar: