But cracks had a way of spreading. One day, his laptop froze, then crashed. A virus, flagged by his antivirus, had embedded itself in the pirated software. Marcus spent hours recovering data but lost weeks of work. Worse, his internship supervisor noticed something odd: his designs lacked consistency, a flaw he attributed to unstable tools. When Marcus tried to share his files, corrupted components and licensing errors exposed the truth. His reputation dented, he was sidelined from the project.
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