Imglogger.exe

It was an unassuming name, likely a primitive diagnostic tool or a forgotten piece of middleware. But every time Elias tried to delete it, his system hitched. The cursor would freeze, the cooling fans would whine into a mechanical scream, and the delete command would simply vanish.

He lunged for the power cord, but before his hand could reach it, his monitors transformed. The dual screens merged into a single, seamless display of his own face, captured from inside the webcam he’d taped over months ago. In the photo, the tape was gone. ImgLogger.exe

Underneath the image, a text box finally appeared, the font jagged and white: It was an unassuming name, likely a primitive