The engineer handed John a patch and instructed him on how to update gcinst.exe. John applied the patch, and the mysterious occurrences ceased.
As he dug deeper, John discovered that gcinst.exe was located in the .NET Framework installation directory. It seemed to be a legitimate Microsoft tool, but its purpose remained unclear. gcinst.exe
John was hesitant, but his curiosity got the better of him. At midnight, he made his way to the server room, where he found a figure in a hoodie. The engineer handed John a patch and instructed