I received a call today from a very lovely Christine. She took me through a tour of the Windows Event Viewer, followed by a visit to the Run -> "inf infections" which takes you to the Windows INF folder. Apparently I had 1,316 infections!! She then pointed me at www.ammyy.com but my virus scanner "detected" it as a virus. So we then tried www.logmein123.com which again my virus scanner "detected" as a virus. At that point I asked for her name and number so I could call her back as I had to go back to "work". :) It was an interesting experience.

tl;dr: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT is trying to get remote control of your PC to infect it with crap. Just hang up.

Hi - yes, they do now have access to your PC.  You should uninstall the logmein software immediately.  In many of these typ of scams they will install two or three pieces of different remote access software and if they did then you should uninstall all of them.  Before uninstalling you could, if you want, check the logs to see whether they have made any unauthorised access to your computer since the call.  In some cases they may not have any intention of accessing your PC as all they are trying to do is convince you you have a problem which they can fix and you should pay them to do it.

A person, calling himself Eric Wilson, wanted me to type a code into my computer to rectify an "infection" that he said his company had been notified by an "international routing system" my computer had.Doing so might enable his company to use my computer to appear as the source of spam or viruses generated to other computers.

I got a call from Computer Maintenance Company from a guy with an Indian accent.  I didn't get his name but I asked if he was calling on behalf of Bell (my ISP).  He kept telling me that DELL is the maker of my computer, not my service provider.  I had to tell him 3 times that Bell didn't make my computer and I don't have a  Dell.  Anyways, he told me that my computer was severely infected viruses as they got a report advising them that my computer was at risk.  After several checks on my computer and questions, he told me I had to speak to a more senior IT Specialist....her name was Dayna and they are located in California.  After going to a website...www.support.me and trying to put in a 5 digit pin (which didn't work) she advised that the reason it didn't work is because my warranty had expired and she was doing the OMG your computer is at severe risk of crashing, you need to speak to the Senior IT specialist who will recommend different warranty packages for a fee.  As I was starting to get suspisious of the call, I told her I would call her back as I was in the middle of dinner and that my computer would be turned off until further action is taken.  She told me that even when my computer is turned off that it is still exposed to harmful viruses and I needed to take immediate action.    Anyways, I could go on, but it sounds alot like what other people here have been experiencing.  BTW....I didn't get a phone number, it came up on my phone as blank but with a long distance ring tone.

My daughter received a call from these people. She did not give them any info and they gave her a number for me to ring back on (03) 9014 9868. Very heavy accent very hard to understand. Even spoke to supervisor and he would ring me back

They told me that my computer was sending error messages all the time and they wanted me to give them remote access show they could show me the errors (also the would be able to insert any thing to my computer wit out me knowing), They could not tell me what program was causing the error or the type of error.
I stood my ground and refused to do as they asked. If told them that they would have to give me more information in writting and send it to me by SNAIL mail I did not give them my home address thet had the home phone number and my name the would be able to find out my address.
So be aware of any one saying the are from Global computing
or names like Mark Anderson, Joshua Smith
or use the phone number (03) 9014 9868
or asks you to open your browser and type in www.teamviewer.com
This is all the contact details I have on them, I hope this can save some one.

Received a call from these people tonight claiming to know we had computer problems, but they were unable to explain how. They provided this number when challenged. I rang it and spoke with an Indian male using name Michael Chater. He said he was from My Windows Support and based at 10 Motions Road, Auckland, NZ. Unfortunately for "Michael" I am from Auckland and this is the address of the Auckland Zoo, which is probably very appropriate, but hardly likely to inspire trust. I will be reporting them to thew NSW Fraud Squad tomorrow.

Yup!  It's a scam....took me a while to catch on it had nothing to do with recent malfunction of my computer, reported to Bell.  When I began asking about charges since I already have virus protection they said they wouldn't charge until the other one runs out, but that I would suddenly find my "infected" computer totally useless with a black or blue screen.  I hung up...then googled and found the scam!