Ever idly browsed the internet of an evening only to find your peaceful reading experience disturbed
by an alarming pop-up notification to the effect that you have been diagnosed
with a computer virus?
Thankfully, the folks dutifully alerting you to your imperiled
status are willing to provide just what you need: for $29.99 — or considerably
more — they will happily outfit you with downloadable software guaranteed
to purge your hard drive of all current infections and keep the baddies away
for 12 months, after which a further $29.99 — or considerably more —
is required to guarantee your ongoing ability to browse in peace. Since you so
obviously need it, you ought to consider that perfectly reasonable. In fact,
they will retain your credit card info and simply treat your purchase as a
subscription so you’ll never have to trouble your little synapses about
computer security again.
Isn’t that sweet of them?