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Its Halloween! Spooks, Specters and

It was late, I had put off going to the

Software Convention till the last

minute. I just had to watch my favorite

show on TV, “S-Files”. Its that

episode where the Computer Salespeople

all turn into Pod People and ,,,,well

never mind. Its really scary!

So I’m driving down the lonely one lane

road from my house to the Convention.

Its dark and the shadows are creepy,

I’ll never watch S-Files again, I

swear! I pull into the parking lot, the

convention is being held in the old

YMCA. Geez, its dark, only 1 parking lot

light and its flickering on and off. As

I walk up to the entrance, I remember

the old story about how, back in the

Dot.Com days, when they tanked, the

building was used as a makeshift morgue,

to hold all the bodies of the CEO’s

who committed suicide.

I get this really creepy feeling on the

back of my neck as I go in,,,,oh, its

just a Linux software salesman at the

first booth. Is it my imagination or are

his eyes glowing?

I head to the registration desk to get a

program. I see the place is kind of

empty, guess cause its so late. Well,

I’m here to see who is offering the

latest demos and what kind of freebies I

can score.

The front booths are usually the big

sellers and they never give away

freebies or demos. So I head to the

back, hmmm, the lights back here are

terrible!

Here’s a booth, Anti-Spyware 4 U. The

salesman shuffles up to me and says

“Please take a demo of our new

product”. I look at it, it says this is

the latest greatest software to combat

Spyware. I take the CD out of the plain

paper cover and look at the Logo. Its

just a plain shiny cd? Wow I can see

myself in it I remark.

“We spared no expense” a voice says

behind me, making me jump. I didn’t

even know he was behind me. Wait, I

should have seen him behind me in the

reflection off the CD. I I’ve got to be

imagining things I say to myself.

I ask the salesman for a brochure about

their other products and as he hands it

to me, our fingers brush each others.

Jeez! His fingers are as cold as ice!

Well, he is a salesman after all.

I thank him and head off to the other

booths, seeing that I’ve gotten here

too late after all, everybody is

leaving. I decide to swing by the

refreshments table to see if I can at

least get a drink and some cookies.

It sure is dark in here I think again as

I come up to the table. As I scan the

table, a little old lady comes up and

asks me if Id like any milk and cookies.

Yes Mam I reply. She hands me a little

plate with cookies and paper cup of

something white. I assume its milk, but

its so dark in here! And there seems to

be a fog or steam on the surface of the

milk. Well beggars cant be choosers I

think to myself as I thank her. She

gives me a freaky cackling laugh as I

turn away, stunned I turn back around

and to my Horror, there is no-one there!

Where in blazes did she go ?

I’m out of here my mind screams to me

as I head for the door at a ever faster

walk. In a minute I’m in my car with

the doors locked and the engine warming

up.

Whew, That was the strangest Convention

I’ve ever seen. All the way home I’ve

got a death grip on the wheel, just

waiting for something to jump out of the

shadows. Like a IBM salesman, now that

would be scary!

If only I had known the other horrors

that awaited me! I breathe a sigh of

relief as I close and lock the living

room door behind me. Still shaking my

head I head over to my computer to try

out this latest and greatest

Anti-Spyware Software. As it boots, I

get a message to disable my own

Anti-Spyware program. I thing this odd,

but I remember reading somewhere online

that some programs can conflict with

others so I comply.

After a few seconds I get a message that

the new Program is installed and it

needs to connect to get possible

updates. So I get online and let it do

its thing. A reboot is needed it says,

OK so I reboot. The computer comes up

and I get online to check out the latest

results of the Mullet contest. what’s

this ? This isn’t my Homepage, it’s a

site where you can ,,,Holy Hand

Grenades! Its Porn!

I close the Browser and man alive, I’m

beset by about a dozen pop ups offering

me things that, well, no decent person

would want. I’m figuring now that I’ve

been had by this Anti-Spyware CD.

I do a Restore and get back to my Online

Mullet competition site. Then I remember

that I need to transfer some money in my

savings to my checking account. So I

head to the Bank site and take care of

it. I must be tired, the computer seems

slow to me. I check my mail and the wait

to login is frustrating.

I decide to call it a night. I’ll take

care of it tomorrow. After a tossing and

turning night and dreams of my computer

melting, the new day dawns. With a cup

of coffee I head to the computer to see

who won the Mullet Contest. The boot

takes forever and the login freezes the

first time so I have to power off and

back on again.

I’m really mad by now. I’ve been had

by some sleazy software company! I

finally get online but the Mullet

competition site wont load. I cant tell

if it’s the computer or maybe the

online connection.

As it dawns on me that I’m going to

have to take it in for service, I hope

I’ve got some extra in my savings to

cover it. I head to the Bank site but it

wont load either. Then I notice the Hard

Disk light blinking away. I’m not doing

anything at the time so it shouldn’t be

accessing anything. Cursing, I turn the

computer off and pick up the phone to

call the bank.

I get a live person after waiting only 5

minutes so I figure the day may be

improving. I give her my account info

and she comes back saying “I show that

account being closed last night after

all money was withdrawn”! .

There must be a mistake I say, she

checks it again and says its true. The

money in the account was transferred to

a Bank she has never heard of in

,,,,Transylvania of all places. As I

hang up in shock, I could have sworn I

heard her laughing just like the old

lady at the convention did last night.

I figure I better head to the Police

Station to get some help. In a Panic I

head for town. As I make the last turn

into town, I glance towards the location

of the YMCA, where all this started,

only to see its not there! Its burned to

the ground! Stunned, I stop in the

street and get out. Nothing but ashes.

The Man in the car behind me gets out

and asks me if I’m ok. I mumble I’m

lucky to be alive, I could have died in

there last night. Puzzled the man says,

but the YMCA burned down 2 nights ago!

As I get back into the car, I glance at

the spot on the seat where I put the CD

and the Pamphlet. Gone. Just a little

pile of dust. At the Police station, a

sergeant takes down my story and informs

me I’ve been the victim of online

Identity theft. As I’m leaving, A

couple of kids run by, in costumes,

yelling “Happy Halloween”

Are you scared ? You should be!

About the Author

About the Author: Doug Woodall writes to
educate about computer security. He also
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