ThinkingManNeil
June 22nd, 2011, 15:36
Hi Guys;
There was a report on the "Consumer Alerts" of CFTO/CTV New (http://www.ctv.ca/consumer/index.html?vidId=488685#TopVideoAn)s last night about a scam that's going around trying to get people to surrender security and password information as well as allowing access to be gained to your computer under the guise of your computer being infected with garbage files, spyware, and viruses and that if you give them access to your computer remotely from their office. Well, DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! I just got one of these calls myself so I knew what it was so I told the caller to hang up and never call me again or the police would be notified. If you have up-to-date security software such as Norton's, McAfee, Comodo, or Microsoft Security Essentials stick with those, scan and defrag your system often and keep your security software updated. Microsoft or your computer manufacturer will never call you up asking for passwords or access to you system and people have apparently had thousands of dollars drained from their bank accounts over this.
Cheers,
N.
There was a report on the "Consumer Alerts" of CFTO/CTV New (http://www.ctv.ca/consumer/index.html?vidId=488685#TopVideoAn)s last night about a scam that's going around trying to get people to surrender security and password information as well as allowing access to be gained to your computer under the guise of your computer being infected with garbage files, spyware, and viruses and that if you give them access to your computer remotely from their office. Well, DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! I just got one of these calls myself so I knew what it was so I told the caller to hang up and never call me again or the police would be notified. If you have up-to-date security software such as Norton's, McAfee, Comodo, or Microsoft Security Essentials stick with those, scan and defrag your system often and keep your security software updated. Microsoft or your computer manufacturer will never call you up asking for passwords or access to you system and people have apparently had thousands of dollars drained from their bank accounts over this.
Cheers,
N.