El Primer Virus Gallego

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SPOILERS FOR MANOLO'S PREQUEL SPIN-OFF!!! (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!)

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## Primer Virus Gallego: Manolo's MO.

El Primer Virus Gallego (Spanish for The First Galician Virus) is the virus created by Manolo and is, essentially, his first feat. This virus conquered the world as it was the most damaging virus by a long shot, having gotten computers of many important organizations such as CIA and Anonymous.

**Translation:**

Hello!

I am the first Galician virus.

Since us Galicians have no programming experience, this virus works based around a HONOR system.

Please: Delete all the folders in your hard drive manually and send this message to all the members of your mail list.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Manolo

PS. Send money to the following bank account: **5227 7744 7361 6171**

## The HONOR system.

El Primer Virus Gallego is a relatively simple, but very effective virus idea. It makes use of the **HONOR** system.

The virus ***doesn't actually contain any code***, it is instead a **simple png** file that Manolo spread in anonymous forums, but the **HONOR** system makes it so that everyone who reads it simply *has* to follow the instructions of the virus. The only way to defeat Manolo's virus is by installing an extension (which was made later on) that automatically tracks and deletes the image from the user's screen, so that they don't have to follow its instructions. Many adblockers would incorporate Manolo's powerful virus into their blockers automatically.

## Story

#### Context

Manolo, sneaking into a house to get some food, accidentally stumbles on the house computer. Having never seen anything like it before, Manolo decides to steal it together with the food. The computer is a very old one, probably from the 90s, its operating system is very old and probably outdated. Manolo doesn't care, though, he is very intrigued by its almost magical feats. He finds out about the "internet" a place he could access if he bought a router. So Manolo, curious as he is, stole some money to buy a router. After getting into the internet for the first time, he goes in some forums to chat with people from all around the world. He finds memes, videos, porn, which he downloads in his computer. Later on he meets an anonymous user from south america which claims to have made a small game for Manolo, giving him an exe file. Manolo downloads it and opens it, but the game was actually a virus which deletes all of Manolo's files. Manolo isn't mad, though, he was fascinated at the fact all of his progress could be deleted so quickly by malicious people. He decides it's time to make a virus: the first ever Galician virus.

#### The Making of the Virus

Manolo looks up on his search engine how to make a virus, that's where he finds out about programming. He decides it's too difficult and, to avoid learning programming, invents the **HONOR** system. He opens a photo editing app, imports a picture of himself and starts typing. Feeling proud, he decides to trace back the person who infected Manolo's computer and sends him El Primer Virus Gallego.

#### The Virus Spreads

The man who got Manolo's virus read it and realized how powerful the HONOR system was, he quickly sent it to all the people in his mail list and donated money to Manolo, as he then wiped his hard drive. The virus spread like wild fire, even people who didn't know Spanish could understand the immensely powerful message in Manolo's image. It would spread so far off that not even Manolo was able to track it after the first few hours. His bank account got more and more money as Manolo got immensely rich. The virus reached the Anonymous hacking group's entire database (something that will change Manolo's life entirely in the future), it destroyed millions of archives in the CIA servers and the whole internet was shut down for an entire day. Manolo had become the richest man in the world. People started calling him "Señor Virus" for his status.

#### Aftermath

Manolo's virus had caused billions of damage and made him richer than anyone has ever been. Governments from all over the world weren't able to trace from where Manolo's virus came from, since it had been sent by essentially everyone in the internet. An internet extension was made specifically to recognize Manolo's .png name (SrVirus.png) and delete it, so that the user would not see it. Popular adblockers also did this, to avoid people falling for it again. The internet would start making countless memes about Manolo, while organization looked at him with hatred. Massive archives had been destroyed, histories wiped. Manolo's virus truly brought the armageddon to the information age for a very short period.

After all of that was over, Manolo bought himself a mansion and stopped committing crimes altogether. But soon, something cataclysmic would arrive in his house; something that would change his life forever: a hitman.