Instead of a dock, he was sent through five different websites, each asking him to "Allow Notifications."

If you want a free dock, look at open-source options like RocketDock or Winstep Nexus , which are often safer than hunting for "cracks" of paid software.

These are the primary way malware is distributed.

It spent its days posting a long, hypenated title: ObjectDock-2-21-0-865-Crack-With-Product-Key-Download--2022- . To a human, it looked like a desperate mess of keywords. To a search engine, it looked like a goldmine of information for someone looking to customize their Windows desktop for free.

You can find the real, safe version of the software on the Stardock ObjectDock page .