I have just recieved a phone call form someone claiming to be from Microsoft, who says that I have a virus which is sending information from my computer. Please read this thread: Phone Call From Someone claiming I have a Virus 'Microsoft will never cold call users asking for personal information or access to your PC. Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India Britons targeted by cold callers pretending to be from Microsoft phoning to fix a fake computer problem. is being run from call centres based in Kolkata. 'If you receive an unsolicited call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft Tech Support, hang up. We do not make these kinds of calls.' More news Topics. Microsoft Computing India.
AMMYY Warning against Tech Support Scams. We now interrupt my usual workflow to bring you some encouraging news from the less- than- wonderful world of PC tech support scams. Courtesy yet again of Virus Bulletin’s Martijn Grooten: Martijn, where do you find the time to track all this stuff?)When a support scammer tries to get you to hand over your credit card details in exchange for a fraudulent virus removal and system protection ‘service’, an important part of the scam involves persuading you to give them remote access to your system. They do this partly to convince you that there is a problem with your system, and partly to ‘help you’ by installing the software you’re paying them for.
The software is often legitimate, but it’s also usually stuff you could get for free elsewhere, and usually has very little to do with protecting you from imaginary viruses. According to reports from the UK, the scammers often use the logmein. I see reports of Team Viewer being used, too), but in the US, they make use – more often than not – of ammyy. Seattle. In fact, the scam is often referred to in the US as the ammyy scam, though I haven’t seen much in the way of serious suggestions that Ammyy LLC is directly implicated in the fraudulent use of its service.
However, it seems that Ammyy is aware of the problem and is eager to disassociate itself from the scam.!!! If you receive a phone call claiming to be from ‘Microsoft’ or someone claiming to work on their behalf, telling you that you have a virus on your computer or some errors which they will help you to fix via Ammyy Admin, it is definitely a scam.
Received A Phone Call From Someone Claiming I Have A Virus
Can’t argue with that. But judging by some of the questions I get asked by people who’ve been caught out by scammers, wondering how they can be sure the crooks can’t regain access, this is a passage that many people will appreciate: “…make sure Ammyy Admin Service isn’t installed and doesn’t run in automatic mode.
Phone scammers target PC users with phony. the scam doesn't use a computer at all—at least, not initially. Instead, it starts with a phone call from someone who claims to be affiliated with Microsoft or another legitimate company or government agency. The. family members, or clients who could use a heads-up on this one. If you get a call from someone claiming to have detected a virus on your PC, just hang up. Join Discussion. Powered by Livefyre. Add your Comment. Related Stories. I have just recieved a phone call form someone claiming to be from Microsoft, who says that I have a virus which is sending information from my computer. It sounds like a bit of a scam, but is there. She instructed me to go to the computer and asked what icons appeared on my desktop. She then said it did have a virus and she would correct it for me. he asked if I was ready to start then I laughed and asked how much money has he made in the last hour with this stupid phone call. At least I keep someone else from being scammed for a half hour. 2 years ago Anonymous I got a call like this. Is that call from Microsoft a scam? YES! If you receive a phone call claiming to be from ‘Microsoft’ or someone. I just received a phone call just about this and as I was reading the blog I was on the phone with someone claiming to work to a company. with the media saying not to use internet explorer i thought maybe i really had a virus after someone called claiming to be from microsoft with very poor english. started with windows R then type cmd after command prompt is up assoc. 2nd line from bottom has my.
For this go to main window of Ammyy Admin - > Ammyy - > Service - > Remove. Then restart your PC again.”The company also assures us that if you don’t want to use Ammyy Admin, you don’t have to uninstall it, just delete the . EXE. Ammyy have just taken several steps up in my estimation. Perhaps we can hope for similar advice from Logmein? David Harley CITP FBCS CISSPESET Senior Research Fellow. Author David Harley, ESET.