The first gate was guarded by a wall of pop-ups. "You are the 1,000,000th visitor!" screamed one. "Your PC is infected!" warned another. Leo, a veteran of the "free game" wars, batted them away like Batman taking down low-level thugs in an alleyway. He was looking for the prize.
The "full version" was a phantom. His PC had been hit with a "Joker toxin" of malware. The first gate was guarded by a wall of pop-ups
When the file finally landed, it wasn't a game icon. It was a suspicious, unnamed zip file. Leo’s heart raced. He unzipped it, expecting the familiar LEGO logo to burst onto his screen. Instead, his wallpaper turned into a picture of a laughing skull, and his browser opened forty tabs for vitamin supplements. The first gate was guarded by a wall of pop-ups