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Name: Buddy Support Tinnys
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Battling Fake Microsoft Support Scammers\r\nAs a way to trick Sally, the scammer hauled upward legitimate, normal IT troubleshooting programs --such as for example...:\r\nOf course, Sally was panicked--an ordinary and rational reaction. Observing a scammer\'s instructions, she went along to a website, entered several distinct amounts, clicked several\"ok\" drives, then allowed the scammer to take charge of her PC. As he worked through those steps with her, then he used a few tricks to fool her into believing that her computer was badly infected once, actually, it was fine.\r\nAfter driving this panic home, the scammer told Sally he could fix the situation for some fee. Sally then gave him her creditcard but after some minutes, the scammer maintained that the charge card trade had failed and he would need to try a card. At that point, Sally said she wanted to telephone us, her IT support. Naturally, the scammer tried to convince her but she knew better.\r\n(Additionally , there are persuasive illegitimate websites and pop-up ads made to fool users into believing that their computers are infected, that they need immediate aid, and that salvation needs a phone call into the scammer. It\'s usually something like,\"WARNING: Your laptop is badly infected. Telephone 1 800...\")\r\nYou might be wondering,\"Is Not anti virus software designed to secure my computer by this sort of material?\" Good question. This is our answer: AV applications does not, and much more to the point, CANNOT protect a computer from every single threat outthere. You\'ve got to consider antivirus applications such as suspenders on trousers. They could go along way in preventing your pants from falling down, but if you pull hard enough, they\'ll still falloff. AV software is just the same. It can go along way to prevent your system from becoming infected, but if you click\"yes\" enough times and give scammers access to your own system, even the most effective antivirus applications is going to likely be defeated.\r\nFa-Ke antivirus support is actually really a problem. We understand imitation\"Microsoft representatives\" c all targeted Windows users to convince them that their computers have been overrun with errors and warnings as shown from the Windows Event Viewer, a legitimate Microsoft application that lists system information. We watched Jerome Segura, a senior security researcher in Malwarebytes--catch a few of those over-the-phone approaches on video.\r\nImmediately it had been a race to acquire full control of this computer. The scammer closed tools and programs as fast as I could buy open. He eventually tried to lock this machine by simply installing a fake AV program with a bogus warning, then\"FBI Has Locked This Display as a result of Fraudulent Activity.\" Fortunately I managed to conduct a quick collection of controls to end the rogue processes, before obstructing the scammer\'s network access. He could have won; it was close--too close.\r\nThe largest lesson to learn: become knowledgeable. User education is probably the most essential aspect to not becoming tricked or infected. Be cautious before clicking\"yes\" and NEVER expect someone who requires out-of-the-blue, promising he or she\'s from Microsoft or any other famous applications or security firm. Microsoft and other such companies will NEVER call you to allow you to know your computer is infected and ask for the cash to fix it.\r\nOnly a couple of days ago, this happened to a few of our clientele. After receiving a telephone call from someone claiming to be away from\"Microsoft Security Services,\" Sally, even as we\'ll call her, was told that her computer had been murdered by somebody in Austin, TX, and also the\"representative\" maintained he had to distant to repair it straight away.\r\nUnfortunately it seems scammers still make use of the telephone to cold call folks pretending to benefit Microsoft (or any other reputable software company) in order to convince users that their computer needs\"fixing.\" However, as users get more intelligent, scammers get bolder. Recently, scammers have begun claiming they want immediate remote use of servers so as to repair security dangers. Once they convince the user to allow them remote access in order to\"care for the issue,\" these knowledgeable scammers then suggest installing imitation malicious software--so that you can\"protect\" the equipment away from future infections.\r\n...etc. so that you can confuse her.