Got a call from microsoft saying my pc is hacked/virus

[dullard]

http://www.bbb.org/blog/2012/01/scam-alert-microsoft-is-not-calling-to-fix-your-computer/


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/20/1279130/-If-you-get-a-call-about-your-computer-it-s-a-scam#


http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2014/06/26/is-that-call-from-microsoft-a-scam/


I could go on and on. It is a scam. Those are normal error messages. All Windows computers have them. For example, error #7009 in your computer usually means something didn't start because a password wasn't typed in. That is a very common issue and not a problem with your computer.

Oh, and they'll call monthly for the rest of time (a coworker of mine has had it going on for a couple of years now).

 

[sportage]

If YOU found a virus and needed assistance from MS, do you have any idea the time and trouble you'd have getting the attention of a legit MS tech support?
You could be on the phone for days, and once connected, on hold for hours.
So that right there tells you or should tell you that MS is never gonna call you.
And good luck if you need to call them.
Silly thread. Silly.

 

[TeeJay1952]

It was fun...for a while. Now it is like poking fun at the mentally challenged.

 

[Elixer]

And MS sues them now...
http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/12/18/microsoft-takes-action-tech-support-scammers/

 

[Scarpozzi]

And MS sues them now...
http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/12/18/microsoft-takes-action-tech-support-scammers/

The problem is that these companies will simply run & hide...then pop up under a different name/address. What they need to do is send in SEAL team 6 and take the jerks out for good.

 

[rh71]

^ hell I'd be wary if contacted by a cybercrime division too.

Thankfully, nomorobo.com has been great for me. I know it works against non-robo call advertisers too because Big Brothers Big Sisters have been blocked too judging by the caller ID. They are not robo callers, but still unsolicited.

 

[Eug]

Got my wife, almost.

Yahoo! Mail was having serious issues with their servers, so my wife wasn't getting her email consistently. So, she Googled a support number for them, and called it. Turns out it was an ad out there in internetland leading to a third party, who told her her computer was infected and they have three options to fix her Yahoo! Mail. She called me to ask if she just needed a one-time fix, or a monthly subscription.

I told her to cut him off and hang up, and then I wiped the user account, which luckily was on OS X, and also was non-admin account. I think most of the scams are designed for Windows.

Yahoo! fixed its servers a couple days later, and all was fine.

 

[OutHouse]

Good post. Nothing wrong with educating yourself.