067 免费的麻烦

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Cleo trudged into the kitchen after school

放学后，Cleo拖着沉重的步子走进厨房。

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" What's wrong?" Mom asked

“怎么了？”妈妈问。

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" Everyone is playing BattleQuest

“大家都在玩《战斗探险》。

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It's a new online game, and it's the only thing Rea

and Noah ever talk about."

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Cleo sighed." I'm tired of being left out of the fun."

Cleo叹了口气。“我受够了被冷落的感觉。”

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" Well, once you save enough allowance, you can join

the fun," Mom said.

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Cleo sighed. She went into the living room and plopped in front

of the family computer.

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If she couldn't play BattleQuest herself, she'd have to settle

for watching other people play.

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She'd just finished watching a video when an ad flashed on the screen

她刚看完一个视频，屏幕上就闪出一条广告。

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Cleo couldn't believe her luck!" Free One-Day Trial

of BattleQuest!" she read.

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She clicked the link and entered a username, her email

and her favorite password.

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As the game downloaded, she had a sudden thought

游戏下载时，她突然想到。

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" I should've asked Mom's permission

“我该先问问妈妈的许可。

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But it is free. It'll be fine."

但这是免费的。不会有事的。”

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When Cleo entered the world of BattleQuest, it somehow

looked different from the videos.

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" This must be the latest version," she reasoned

“这一定是最新版本，”她想。

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She tried searching for her friends' IDs but couldn't find them

她试着搜索朋友们的ID，但找不到。

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It didn't really matter though — Cleo was finally playing BattleQuest!

不过没关系——克莱奥终于玩上BattleQuest了！

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The next morning Cleo met Rea and Noah in the corridor at school

第二天早上，克莱奥在学校走廊遇到了雷亚和诺亚。

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" BattleQuest is so much fun!" she exclaimed

“BattleQuest太好玩了！”她兴奋地说。

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" You didn't tell me there were dragons in the game!"

“你之前没告诉我游戏里有龙！”

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Rea and Noah looked at each other

蕾娅和诺亚对视了一眼。

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" Dragons?" Noah asked

“龙？”诺亚问道。

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" I wish my free trial lasted longer than one day." Cleo sighed

“真希望我的免费试用能不止一天。”克莱奥叹了口气。

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" What are you talking about...?" Rea began when Cleo's phone chirped

“你在说什么……？”蕾娅刚开口，克莱奥的手机响了。

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Cleo checked her phone and saw a text from her cousin

克莱奥查看手机，看到表姐发来的一条短信。

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Just got a weird email from you. Spam?

刚收到你发的一封奇怪邮件。是垃圾邮件吗？

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" That's strange," Cleo said when her phone chirped again

“真奇怪。”克莱奥说着，手机又响了。

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A friend from camp texted to say she got a similar email

一个夏令营的朋友发短信说她收到了类似的邮件。

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Moments later Cleo's tennis coach also texted about spam

过了一会儿，克莱奥的网球教练也发短信说收到了垃圾邮件。

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" It sounds like you got hacked," Noah said

“听起来你的账号被黑了，”诺亚说。

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Cleo wasn't looking forward to telling Mom about the spam emails

but it turned out she didn't have to.

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When she got home, Mom and Uncle Roger were hunched over

the family computer.

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" Then the screen went black," Mom explained

“然后屏幕就黑了，”妈妈解释道。

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" A window popped up saying if I wanted my data, I'd have to pay a ransom

“弹出了一个窗口，说如果我想拿回数据，就得付赎金。

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I couldn't — even if I wanted to!

我付不起——就算我想付也付不起！

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The bank put a hold on my account today after several suspicious charges."

银行今天因为几笔可疑的扣款，冻结了我的账户。”

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" You got infected by ransomware

“你中了勒索软件。

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Good thing there's a security specialist in the family."

好在家里有位安全专家。”

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Uncle Roger smiled." Have either of you downloaded anything recently?"

罗杰叔叔微笑着问：“你们俩最近有下载什么东西吗？”

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" I haven't," Mom said." Cleo?"

“我没有，”妈妈说，“克莱奥，你呢？”

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Cleo's cheeks turned red

克莱奥的脸颊红了。

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" Does a free trial of BattleQuest count?"

“BattleQuest的免费试用算吗？”

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" Absolutely," Uncle Roger said

“当然算，”罗杰叔叔说。

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" Hackers use links like that to trick people into installing malware

on their computers.

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Then they take control of your computer and steal your personal information

like passwords and banking information."

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Cleo looked at Mom

克莱奥看向妈妈。

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" Sorry. BattleQuest is the only thing my friends talk about

and I was tired of feeling left out."

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" I'm glad you told us," Uncle Roger said

“很高兴你告诉我们，”罗杰叔叔说。

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" It will make it easier to fix the problem

“这样问题会更容易解决。

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Anyone can be a victim of identity theft, but there are steps people

can take to be safer.

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To start, I'll install antivirus software to keep you safe from

viruses and ransomware.

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I'll also set up a firewall."

我还会设置一道防火墙。”

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" What's a firewall?" Cleo asked

“什么是防火墙？”克莱奥问。

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" It's a program that filters information coming from the internet into

your computer," Uncle Roger explained.

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" It's like a window screen that keeps bugs out

“就像纱窗一样，挡住虫子。

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But in order for a firewall to work, you have to scan your computer

on a regular basis."

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" Is there anything else we should do differently?" Mom asked

giving Cleo a stern look.

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" Never reuse passwords," Uncle Roger said

“绝对不要重复使用密码，”罗杰叔叔说。

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" Watch out for links with misspellings and ads or pop-ups promising

something for nothing."

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" I've learned that the hard way," Cleo said

“我可是吃了苦头才明白的，”克莱奥说。

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"'Free ' doesn't always mean free from trouble!"

“‘免费’不一定意味着没有麻烦！”