Marek ignored the frantic red warnings from his antivirus. "It’s a false positive," he muttered, hitting 'Save.'
Every time Marek dug a bucket of dirt, a small text box appeared in the corner of his screen: [Connection Established: Remote Node 74] . He ignored it. Then, his fans started spinning at maximum velocity, sounding like a jet engine. His frame rate dropped from 60 to 5.
Among the lurkers was Marek, a teen from Brno whose PC was held together by hope and duct tape. He wanted the new 2.1.3 update—the one with the improved pipes and the logic system overhaul—but his wallet was perpetually empty.
He clicked a suspicious link from a user named ChromeGecko . The site looked like a relic from 2005, plastered with flashing banners. In the center, a giant green button: