Chapter 79

The teacher tried for a long time, but the keyboard and mouse were still malfunctioning. After several more restarts, it still didn’t work.

The classroom immediately became chaotic. Just as Zhang Qiu was about to stand up, a male student with glasses took the lead.

“Don’t worry, teacher, I have a specialized tool!” The boy stood up and, without waiting for the teacher’s permission, walked to the podium on his own.

The teacher, seeing the boy approach, finally reacted and sighed with relief, “Is this specialized tool safe? Otherwise, I’ll just call the technician.”

“No problem. My home computer was infected with this virus, and I fixed it with this specialized tool,” the boy patted his chest and assured the teacher.

“Alright, give it a try. If you’re not confident, don’t touch it,” the teacher said, allowing the boy to try. The school lacked technical personnel, and the three computer teachers also served as part-time technicians.

If the technician were really called, this class would probably be canceled. It was better to try first. If it worked, they could continue the lesson; if not, they could at least go over the test papers.

The boy plugged his USB drive into the computer and started to restart it.

At this moment, a teacher from the neighboring class came over and asked, “Teacher Huang, can your class’s computer be used?”

“It can’t. We’re still fixing it! Is your class’s computer also infected?” Teacher Huang asked.

“Indeed! I stayed up late last night to prepare a presentation, but now it can’t be used,” the teacher sighed.

“This student says he has a specialized tool. His home computer was infected with this virus last week, and he fixed it. Wait a moment, and it will be done,” Teacher Huang said.

The teacher nodded and said, “I’ll go to my class first. If you fix it, let me know, don’t forget me!”

“OK, go ahead and teach your class,” Teacher Huang nodded.

At this point, the boy had already restarted and entered the PE interface. He ran the specialized tool in the PE system, and the virus was quickly eliminated.

“OK, teacher! Look!” The boy pointed to the screen and called the teacher over.

The teacher looked and indeed saw a prompt box indicating that the virus had been eliminated.

“Great! Quickly turn on the computer and see if it’s really fixed!” the teacher said.

The boy nodded, copied the specialized tool to the C drive, unplugged his USB drive, and restarted the computer.

After the restart, the system successfully booted, and the annoying "Wansheng Guizong" image did not appear again. The keyboard and mouse also returned to normal.

The teacher was also very pleased, “Thank you, student! You’ve done a great job!”

“It’s my duty,” the boy modestly nodded.

“Would you mind helping the neighboring class fix their computer?” the teacher asked.

“Then, could you please take me there, teacher?” the boy said.

Just as they were talking, the projector, which had just returned to normal, suddenly displayed the "Wansheng Guizong" image again.

The teacher hurriedly moved the mouse and keyboard, but they were already malfunctioning again.

“What’s going on?” the teacher asked.

The boy scratched his head and said, “It’s probably a virus that has been transmitted from another class. It seems we need to eliminate all the viruses at once!”

After saying this, the boy felt puzzled. He had already placed the specialized tool in the C drive, and it should have been able to be called by the antivirus engine to provide protection.

Why did this protective function suddenly fail?

He couldn’t figure it out. At this moment, the teacher said, “Could you try again?”

“Sure,” the boy nodded, plugged his USB drive back in, and repeated the previous operation.

However, after entering the PE system and running the specialized tool, a prompt appeared on the screen: “No virus found.”

What’s going on? The virus was clearly locking the screen, but the specialized tool indicated that no virus was found.

Seeing this, Zhang Qiu already knew that this was probably the third version of the virus, which had the ability to delete data, as mentioned by the cyber security bureau.

“Teacher, can I give it a try?” Zhang Qiu stood up at this moment.

“Zhang Qiu, do you know how to eliminate viruses?” the teacher asked. In the past, Zhang Qiu was a student who sat in the front row, almost invisible to the teacher. Recently, his situation had changed a lot, often being absent, and every time a new teacher came, they would ask his name, making him stand out.

Moreover, the rumors about him were one after another, and they were contradictory, making it hard for people not to be deeply impressed. First, he was said to be a student who didn’t like studying, only read novels, and failed exams, but then it was said that he could score 100% in dictation and had recently passed all his exams.

More surprisingly, his scores were consistently stable, as if calculated, with 60 points in all subjects except Chinese, or just over 60 points, which were due to small questions not adding up to 60.

A few days ago, the news about him was even more explosive. It was said that he, at a young age, had harassed girls and was arrested by the police. However, this morning, he was brought back by the police, who suddenly said he was actually a hero who had been falsely accused by a real harasser...

However, the teachers didn’t know that he also knew about computers. So when Teacher Huang saw Zhang Qiu stand up, he was surprised and asked.

Zhang Qiu was about to answer when the PE monitor said sarcastically, “Teacher, you don’t know, but Zhang Qiu is a computer expert and a hacker. Not only can he eliminate viruses, but he can also create them. After class, he always stays in the dormitory to play on his computer. There’s no internet there, but he can still go online! Isn’t his computer skills impressive?”

Zhang Qiu frowned, not expecting this guy to jump out again and refuse to be quiet.

However, what he said was quite confusing to most high school students who were buried in their studies. But those who were familiar with computers would understand his meaning.

He was saying that Zhang Qiu was stealing internet, being a hacker, and doing bad things. He was even suspecting that Zhang Qiu had infected the computer.

Zhang Qiu immediately stood up, “What do you mean? Are you saying I infected the computer?”

The PE monitor wilted at Zhang Qiu’s outburst. He still remembered the fierce scene in the gym, so when Zhang Qiu was assertive, he chose to back off.

At this moment, Teacher Huang also said, “During class, don’t talk nonsense!” It seemed to be directed at everyone, but his eyes were fixed on the PE monitor, making it clear who he was talking to.

Seeing the PE monitor wilt, Zhang Qiu then said to Teacher Huang, “Although we have the specialized tool, some technical skills are still needed to eliminate the virus. I’m interested in this field and can help figure out what’s wrong.”

“Alright, Zhang Qiu, come up!” Teacher Huang said.

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhang Qiu curiously, wondering why he had suddenly become so outstanding.

It was true that after two years of burying himself in studies, he suddenly looked up and found that his classmate was so impressive! No matter who encountered this, they would be surprised and amazed.

Walking to the podium, Zhang Qiu took out his USB drive and plugged it in. The previous boy looked at Zhang Qiu with some hostility and asked, “Zhang Qiu, can you handle it?”

After all, he had taken the initiative to come up, and now that he couldn’t fix it, Zhang Qiu said he could, which made him feel somewhat embarrassed and uncomfortable.

“Let’s try,” Zhang Qiu said.

The teacher, seeing his calmness, felt more at ease.

Similarly, he entered the PE system, but Zhang Qiu didn’t open the specialized tool. Instead, he entered a full English interface, detached from the mouse, and started to operate with full code commands. For those who were unfamiliar with computers or English, Zhang Qiu seemed to have a profound and mysterious professional aura.

Seeing Zhang Qiu’s professionalism, the teacher felt even more at ease. The boy who felt embarrassed no longer spoke. With such operations, he couldn’t handle it. He could only use the mouse to operate some ready-made software, and he couldn’t handle full English code commands.

Zhang Qiu didn’t rashly use the specialized tool but first wrote a small scanning program targeting several known signatures to determine the version and generation of the Wansheng virus.

The program was quickly written, and after running it, the results came out in a few seconds. After a search, the signature of the third-generation virus was indeed found.

Zhang Qiu opened the third-generation specialized tool, which had just been developed and not yet officially released, and ran it. The prompt indicated that the virus had been eliminated.

Zhang Qiu immediately restarted the computer, and it returned to normal, entering the desktop. However, Zhang Qiu didn’t stop there. He used this computer to directly connect to the school’s teaching system server and searched it. Indeed, the server was already infected.

The server was running Microsoft’s server system, which shared some software with ordinary PC systems. Zhang Qiu immediately deployed the specialized tool on the server, mounted it, and let it run continuously to defend against the virus.

Then, using the server, he pushed the specialized tool through the teaching system’s local network, eliminating the virus from all connected devices. This eliminated the virus at its source and cut off its transmission channels.

Soon, all the classes, which were struggling with the virus, suddenly found their computers returning to normal.

After a brief moment of surprise, the teachers quickly resumed their classes. They guessed that the school’s technician had taken action and eliminated the virus on the server.

For computer technology, neither the teachers nor the students understood much. Not knowing what had happened, they could only assume that the technician had done something.

As for how the technician did it and whether it was possible, they didn’t care.

After unplugging the USB drive, Zhang Qiu said, “It’s fixed now. I’ve eliminated the virus on the server, and all the computers in the classes have returned to normal.”

When Zhang Qiu said this, the classroom immediately erupted. “He said he fixed all the computers? He fixed all the computers like this?” It was hard to believe.

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Oh, I overestimated my stamina. After several days of staying up late, I can’t keep going today. I won’t be able to finish the third chapter before dawn. If I force myself to write, the quality will be questionable. So I’ll go to sleep and continue tomorrow. Sorry. (To be continued.)