Thanks, Microsoft. Wait, wot?

[techs]

I got a call today from Microsoft. It seems my computer is infected and they want to help me clean it. The directed me to a website where I could download some software so they could remotely access and clean my machine.

Thanks, Microsoft!


errr, what?

 

[z1ggy]

How dafuq they know that?

 

[SunnyD]

Really?

 

[techs]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...aying-my/ee314d44-6c66-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5

Question:
I recently got a call from someone called Mark from rj pc support and they said that my computer is infected with viruses and malware. I immediately hang up and called my computer technician who visited my place and said my computer is absolutely fine.. this chap Mark said he is a Microsoft employee too which i highly doubt. he was asking me to download something which my antivirus detected as virus..
I would like to ask microsoft to look into this

Answer:
Its fake. Ignore it. There's a lot of posts in here, saying its a scam. And it has nothing to do with Microsoft. And MS (and everyone else).are aware of it

 

[mmntech]

I'd love to get one of those calls. Just so I could tell them that I'm a supervisor at Microsoft's IT help desk and I was unaware such a program was in place. I wonder how long I could keep them on the phone.

 

[techs]

I'd love to get one of those calls. Just so I could tell them that I'm a supervisor at Microsoft's IT help desk and I was unaware such a program was in place. I wonder how long I could keep them on the phone.

I just started telling him he was evil, he was going to hell, etc.
After he hung up I tried to call him back, hiding my phone number, but a message said that they would not answer people who block their number.

 

[blankslate]

hmmmm guess you haven't seen the (troll?) thread a few months ago with the same general subject and someone sarcastically said sure download the program?

then he (said he) did.

yeah...

 

[DrunkenSano]

Call da cops!

 

[sunzt]

Should have asked if his name was Ballmer or Gates, otherwise you're not downloading.

 

[Arik5405]

Hide you kids, hide your wife

 

[BoomerD]

You lucky sum-bitch. It's not everyone who gets such an offer from the giant corporation, Microsoft. You should immediately jump on the offer of help.

 

[dank69]

Repost

 

[rainypickles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb69H7l0vJA
security engineer gets the call, lets them work on a windows VM. 8mins

 

[Krazy4Real]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb69H7l0vJA
security engineer gets the call, lets them work on a windows VM. 8mins

He should have loaded a new virtual machine after they did all that crap to the first one. The reaction probably would have been awesome.

 

[purbeast0]

I just started telling him he was evil, he was going to hell, etc.
After he hung up I tried to call him back, hiding my phone number, but a message said that they would not answer people who block their number.

they already had your number, why were you trying to hide it lol?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb69H7l0vJA
security engineer gets the call, lets them work on a windows VM. 8mins

That guy is a boss