The notification appeared instantly, mocking him. It was smarter than the forums of old.

Arthur downloaded the little M-shaped icon. He installed it. He right-clicked a file. It was clean. It was efficient. It was silent.

Yes. The software remains fully functional. You will just see the pop-up every time you launch it.

Then, he saw a third option in a tech blog:

Arthur sat in the blue glow of his monitor, staring at the small, persistent rectangular ghost that had haunted his desktop for three thousand days.