I've been warned about a new scam whereby some non British sounding person calls you on your phone and says that they are from Microsoft (or computercentre) and asks you to run the Windows Event Viewer on you pc.
The idea is to get you to look at the Windows Event Viewer which is a glorified log. The trouble is that Windows puts nice big warning symbols next to even trivial errors in the log so the scammer then tries to convince you that these things need "fixing" and to download and install the bug fixes from their website.
No surprises when they will also then tell you to turn off any virus checking software as you install their malicious code!
So
can I do/run something to 'disrupt' these people???
Mwuhaha
The idea is to get you to look at the Windows Event Viewer which is a glorified log. The trouble is that Windows puts nice big warning symbols next to even trivial errors in the log so the scammer then tries to convince you that these things need "fixing" and to download and install the bug fixes from their website.
No surprises when they will also then tell you to turn off any virus checking software as you install their malicious code!
So
can I do/run something to 'disrupt' these people???
Mwuhaha
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