He opened the Control Panel to delete the program, but WinZipper was clever. It had brought friends. Every time he uninstalled one "helper tool," two more appeared with names like "PC-SpeedUp-Pro" and "WebSafe-Guard."

Here is a short story inspired by that specific, frustrating era of computing. The Uninvited Guest

Antonov just wanted to open a file. It was a .rar archive sent by a colleague, and his old laptop didn't have the right software. He opened a browser, typed "skachat programmu winzipper" into the search bar, and clicked the first glowing green button he saw. The installer was quick. Too quick.