Antivirus companies have been the target of scammers for quite some time now. The primary reason being, customers trust their security solution vendor. Therefore, if you call, who you think is your antivirus solution, and they want remote access to your PC, you’ll likely give it to them. Big mistake. How are they doing this? […]
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Scammers Call Offering Fraudulent Refunds There have been several reports lately regarding people receiving phone calls from individuals claiming to work for their security solution provider. Not only do they work for your trusted security company, but they’re offering you major refunds! But don’t get too excited — it’s a scam. These hackers are calling, asking for
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FTC Settles with Tech Support Scammers — Again… In October of 2017, the FTC and the State of Alabama settled with multiple tech support companies who were scamming victims out of hundreds of dollars. Now, less than a year later, the FTC settled with another individual tied to two more Indian-based technical support scam companies.
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How to Get PC Matic Support Recently it has been brought to our attention there are several different companies and support organizations that are claiming to provide technical support for PC Matic. These individuals are posting a fake PC Matic phone number, claiming to offer support. Please know, PC Matic is in no way affiliated
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The FTC and the State of Alabama recently settled with several tech support companies which were alleging to be from major technology companies such as Microsoft and Apple. The companies include: Trothsolutions Inc. Trothsolutions LLC Quickkonto LLC Crazy Bee Man of Palm Beach Inc. eDoorways International Corp. Airoways LLC Escue Energy, Inc. These tech support
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Hackers are now using advanced methods to distribute malware… Hackers have found new ways to copy notifications from what users would consider safe programs. The latest example of this is the blue screen of death (BSoD) that appears after users attempt to download a fraudulent version of Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft does have a BSoD alert that
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Red flags warn of new variation of the tech support/phone scam.
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“Hello. This is Microsoft Tech Support. Your PC has notified us that it has an infection.” The call is a scam — an extremely prevalent one. Here’s how it works and what you need to know to stay out of the trap.
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By Leo Notenboom
A very common scam has people supposedly from Microsoft or your ISP or other authorities calling to help you with computer problems. Don’t fall for it.
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