Thoughts on Technology

'Welcome to my domain'was the message that splashed across the screen of Cynth's pc, as she tried to access the enemy site using various browsers, besides internet explorer. The PC then froze and remained unresponsive to any commands. She had to find a way to hack through and break the hold that I-Vee was planning to have over the world.

I-Vee started as a low-level technician in a company providing website designing services. He was very smart, with a strong flair for computing and internet technologies; he was also ambitious and greedy. He soon discovered that with the information and skills he possessed, he could control the world through the internet. He started evangelizing his ideas and philosophy, and soon recruited many followers. Before long he set up his domain, and from there his team had been hitting computers across the land. His favorite vehicle is the internet explorer, through which his team of virus soldiers travel. Not surprisingly, these soldiers are also called the I-V internet explorer team.

Cynth and her friends are ready to battle with I-Vee and break his control over the computers and networks in the land. I-Vee had been very convincing in his message to the people of the world. He persuaded them to download a software from his sites, promising them money for the downloads. Every PC with the downloaded bug was out of action. Communication and business networks are badly affected - it would be an international catastrophe soon.

Cynth's team worked day and night, checking on the extent of the damage. They soon identified the I-Vee carrier file, and started programming a reverse command. They finally created a solution; one that worked like a 3-in-1. It removed the infection; built a barrier against future attack and reversed the command, traveling back through internet explorer to the source, that is, I-Vee's domain. Soon Cynth's team started sending batches of these ‘antidotes’ through secure lines. The enemy was caught unaware - they had been too busy celebrating their almost-success. Within 24 hours, the I-V domain servers were crippled, and the world was back to its usual flurry of activities – business, social and personal!