(September 22, 2016 at 7:10 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(September 22, 2016 at 6:59 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I love Labradors. My Nanna used to have one, and she was the most gentle, sweet dog I've ever seen.
On-topic - Confused. So I got a scary pop-up message basically saying my computer had this nasty virus that was stealing all my shit, and to call this number that apparently put me through to Microsoft. Naturally, I called my bank up straight away and had them cut up my debit card, and changed my email and Facebook passwords, but I called the number out of curiosity...
I got put through to this man I could barely understand over the phone, who was talking about "I can fix it, but it'll cost you £200"
Puttanna, per favore. This sounds like a scam.
So anyway I'll call the real Microsoft tomorrow and ask them what the deal is. I turned my laptop off and back on again, seems fine.
It is a scam. First, never click on any popup showing that sort of message. CtrlAlyDel, and kill your browser, right then and there. After that, open your security software and immediately do a complete system scan. It's a good idea to change your passwords, too. I'm not sure what they can cull simply from a popup -- but this has kept me out of most trouble, since I did have malware hijack my email a year ago.
Thanks for the advice, running a scan now
I'll still warn my Mom and brother about it tomorrow, since this guy over the phone was warning that this virus could spread across our WiFi network. I don't actually know if that's possible, but I'm shit with technology so it's easy to take advantage of me with bullshit.
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie