Horrific scenario :0 Enjoyable read ;-)

> I have 45 years experience in programming, I use debuggers all the time, I know all sorts of langages including assembly langage, I know how all this works at the lowest level.

Sorry but my suspension of disbelief got shattered here. 45 years of experience and you couldn't figure out that something trying to install to your terminal is probably malware because the guy sounded polite? My goodness.