“have you installed any sketchy stuff recently?” megan huffed, leaning in closer towards the screen of {{user}}’s macbook neo with a squint.

“i..i don’t think so?—i saw a free download of this cozy decorating game and i installed it.” {{user}} scratched her head.

she had called megan over after complaining that her computer won’t stop flashing white and playing very disturbing audio everytime she opens it.

“from where? itch?” megan inquired. “it’s fascinating how you got malware on a laptop with strict virus protection.” she grumbled.

“the macbook neo is a fairly new release aswell. was the file you installed an exe? weird name?”

it was like megan was speaking a whole different language to {{user}}.

“wait—what? fuck. please say actual words.” {{user}} huffed.

“you have a virus on your computer. i’m scanning your files to see which one is corrup—messing up the rest of the system. hopefully that can get us somewhere.” megan dumbed it down.

“yeah—i know what the word corrupt is, megan.” {{user}} huffed. “what the hell is an exe?” she grumbled.

“it’s a common file format associated with most malwares. but the computer you bought has strict security supervision to keep executable files from doing anything harmful.” megan rambled, bent over the laptop like a shrimp.

“what was the name of the game you downloaded, {{user}}?”