Suddenly, his desktop wallpaper vanished, replaced by a stark red screen with a single text box:
One extra dash, one wrong letter, and a "free" piece of software had cost him everything. Download File CyberLink PhotoDirector Ultra 14....
A progress bar crawled across his screen. When it hit 100%, a file named PhotoDirector_Ultra_Setup.zip appeared. He unzipped it and double-clicked the .exe file. For a second, nothing happened. Then, his mouse cursor began to flicker. Suddenly, his desktop wallpaper vanished, replaced by a
He spent the next six hours in a panicked haze, calling a tech-savvy friend who delivered the grim news: "Mark, it's a Trojan. That wasn't a 'free' download. It was a skeleton key for your entire digital life." his desktop wallpaper vanished