He bypassed his Windows Defender—ironic, he thought, to disable security to install security—and ran the executable.
“Malware Detected,” the program announced. Elias smirked. Gotcha.
Elias reached for the lid to slam it shut, but his mouse cursor moved on its own, pinning the "Cancel" button. His speakers crackled with a low, distorted hum that sounded like a voice slowed down to a crawl.