QLD, Just had someone try to tell me about my computer sending errors to mirosoft. The person could not give me ABN just the www.support4upc.com on a dodgy internet phone line dont fall for it people just have a laugh at them trying so hard to sound legit.

"Linda Wilson",

You also sound like a shill for support4urpc. Are you sure you aren't related to "Suzan Jones"? ANYBODY who falls for support4urpc is a sucker and is being scammed.

i just got a call 5 minutes ago from them. a guy with an indian accent telling me he's calling from microsoft. stating that my computer was sending error messages to them. he had me go into my start menu and show me where the errors were coming from. he then wanted me to go to www.teamviewer.com which is a website that can give people access to your computer. he wanted me to download it. i didn't because i saw that they can gain remote access to your computer. i told him no. he was persistant stating my computer is at risk for hackers. luckily i just hung up.

My Dad has been called 5 times from support4pc. He is 80 this year and has never owned a pc in his life. The Indian lady told him that his friend had reported that he was having problems and asked her to call. She actualy called my Dad a liar when he said he didnt own a pc. I was called on my home phone today by 'Rozanne' from the same company and found her manner very pressuring. She said she was calling from the computer management dept from windows so it would be easy to believe she works for microsoft. Do these people think we are all thick ?!!  Go get a real job!!

I was called by these people. Luckily, I am a long time computer user,so as soon as the babble started, I smiled.Some people appear to have allowed these scam artists remote access to their computer.Those people should now consider that their computer is now quite likely to be infected. It is now not safe to connect the computer to the internet,as there is likely to be a program running in the background which would give the scammers complete control (whilst connected to the internet).The program could do these things, when connected to the internet:- Send any keystrokes that you type directly to them as you type them.  (This could of course include passwords, credit card numbers, PIN numbers etc.)- Send particular common files of high interest (like email addressbooks etc. so all your friends might then become targets)- Allow them to look around in the computer and send any other file.- Modify some files- Delete some files, all files or completely wipe the harddisk, rendering the computer unusable.Even when not connected to the internet, the program could examine or modify files, or capture keystrokes, for later transmission as soon as the computer is connected to the internet again.I think the loss of data is less likely, as this increases the chance that theywould lose control of your computer and thus access to your credit card details, which would be more valuable to them.So my advice is to get the computer offline immediately, and avoid using it at all until a computer technician has:1) Backed up the harddisk.2) Formatted the harddisk and reinstalled an operating system.3) Picked through the backed-up harddisk and retrieved any important information.4) Checked for any other disks, media devices, or other computers which might have been connected to your computer after the possible intrusion.This is disruptive, and a pain in the arse, I know, so I feel sorry for all of us who have to go through this.Read more about this type of scam, and what you can do about it:http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/792165http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312277http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)

I was called by these people. Luckily, I am a long time computer user,
so as soon as the babble started, I smiled.
Some people appear to have allowed these scam artists remote access to their computer.
Those people should now consider that their computer is now quite likely to be infected. It is now not safe to connect the computer to the internet,
as there is likely to be a program running in the background which would give the scammers complete control (whilst connected to the internet).

The program could do these things, when connected to the internet:
- Send any keystrokes that you type directly to them as you type them.
 (This could of course include passwords, credit card numbers, PIN numbers etc.)
- Send particular common files of high interest (like email addressbooks etc. so all your friends might then become targets)
- Allow them to look around in the computer and send any other file.
- Modify some files
- Delete some files, all files or completely wipe the harddisk, rendering the computer unusable.

Even when not connected to the internet, the program could examine or modify files, or capture keystrokes, for later transmission as soon as the computer is connected to the internet again.
I think the loss of data is less likely, as this increases the chance that they
would lose control of your computer and thus access to your credit card details, which would be more valuable to them.

So my advice is to get the computer offline immediately, and avoid using it at all until a computer technician has:
1) Backed up the harddisk.
2) Formatted the harddisk and reinstalled an operating system.
3) Picked through the backed-up harddisk and retrieved any important information.
4) Checked for any other disks, media devices, or other computers which might have been connected to your computer after the possible intrusion.

This is disruptive, and a pain in the arse, I know, so I feel sorry for all of us who have to go through this.

Read more about this type of scam, and what you can do about it:
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/792165
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312277
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)

I'ts a SCHAM!!!!!