A fraud? OMG! On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> An old fraud, but apparently still going strong: > > http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/microsoft.asp > > - ferg > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Drsolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just got a fun phone call. > > > > It was, he said, from Microsoft. They've found a virus on my computer! > > > > "Oh no," I said. > > > > "Yes," he said. > > > > He then offered me a free thing for getting rid of it, which I gratefully > > accepted. > > > > He talked me through starting up my computer, running Internet Explorer, > > going to his web site, clicking on a link to download his software, and > > then running his software, all of which I did eagerly, while finding ways > > to get him to tell me what I ought to be seeing, so that I could tell him > > that's what I was indeed seeing. > > > > Then he asked me for the code number that came up, and that's where I > > failed. I gave him a seven digit number, as requested, and he said it was > > wrong. So I gave it again. No, it's wrong. At that point, I didn't feel > > that I could plausibly change the number, and anyway, I didn't know how to > > change it to make it right, so I gave it to him a third time. > > > > He regretfully concluded that he wasn't going to be able to help me, and > > we parted good friends. > > > > I'm guessing that the number encoded my IP address. But this seems to me > > to be an apallingly expensive way to plant a bot on spmepne's computer. > > What happened to good old-fashioned spam? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
