The screen went black. Then, a new command prompt appeared, typed out in his own thought pattern: > ELIAS: WHY DID YOU STOP THE DOWNLOAD?

Curiosity, mixed with a cold dread, made him hover his mouse over it. A tooltip appeared:

Elias realized with horror that the file wasn't trying to steal his files; it was trying to map itself onto his brain through his high-definition VR neuro-rig, which he had left plugged in.