The cooling fan on his laptop began to whine like a jet engine.

"Mod4App," Alex whispered, his cursor hovering. The site looked like a relic of 2010—full of flashing banners and "Download Now" buttons that felt like traps. But he clicked anyway. The progress bar was a slow, agonizing crawl. A pop-up for a VPN appeared. He swiped it away.

Alex ignored it. He was focused on the prize. Finally, the file landed in his downloads folder: a single, compressed .rar archive. He right-clicked and hit "Extract Here."