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yay, I'm so special; they called me up
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 08:04 pmI got one of these scam calls this evening. Except that the guy said he was calling from Microtech(?) in San Diego. I don't think he called me by name either.
I played along for a little bit, replying with innocent "Uh-huh..."s to his statements about my computer being infected. I asked him what his salary was. He didn't answer. After a bit more, I said good-bye and wished him a good evening. I have a sweet "Good-bye!" intonation for calls like that.
I wonder if they will call back again. I should remember to record it if they do.
I played along for a little bit, replying with innocent "Uh-huh..."s to his statements about my computer being infected. I asked him what his salary was. He didn't answer. After a bit more, I said good-bye and wished him a good evening. I have a sweet "Good-bye!" intonation for calls like that.
I wonder if they will call back again. I should remember to record it if they do.
malware and scams
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 01:48 amI got a small fright today when a message popped up on my work computer. It seemed similar to the trojan that I had cleaned off of Forestfen's computer last weekend. It then brought up an artfully disguised browser page. I recognized it as malware-related right away, but wasn't sure if it had already somehow managed to infect the computer. Thankfully it didn't seem to get further than the browser screens (it had popped up while I was googling for info on SQL Server). I disconnected from the network right away, took some photos, and closed all my browsers. I did a full scan later, which found nothing.
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Apparently scammers are now also calling people up on the telephone pretending to be with Microsoft and trying to scare them into thinking that their computer is infected.
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Apparently scammers are now also calling people up on the telephone pretending to be with Microsoft and trying to scare them into thinking that their computer is infected.
