Instantly, the red window vanished. The beeping stopped. His desktop wallpaper reappeared, calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

But then, a muscle memory kicked in—a tiny voice of skepticism he’d cultivated over twenty years in IT. He paused, his thumb hovering over the call button.

A bright red window filled his screen. It looked exactly like a Windows system alert.

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