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He clicked. His antivirus flared a warning, a frantic red box in the corner. Leo ignored it, clicking "Allow." He just needed the keys.
The "activator" ran with a satisfying progress bar. For a moment, Word opened, the "Product Activated" message appearing like a trophy. But then, the screen flickered. His mouse cursor began moving on its own, drifting toward his browser. It opened his bank’s login page.
Panic cold as ice hit him. He tried to shut the laptop, but the fans were screaming now, a high-pitched whine of a processor working overtime. When he finally forced a hard reboot and logged back in from a library computer, he found his email password changed and a series of "unauthorized login" alerts from his social accounts.