Has been contacted by "Microsoft" Windows about a refund for customers of PC care online, wants to deposit money in my account to credit. Is it a scam?

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• Everyone has been contacted by Microsoft support? I got a call from people today who say they were in New Jersey...

  I was contacted by phone by a person who identified themselves as being a Microsoft technician this afternoon.  After asking how much of my family's computers, they told me that our system had been compromised and that they would help us fix.  After walking me through obtaining of Event Viewer, they transferred me to another person who was the senior technician (or so they said).  I asked where they were from my number identified the call came from a number of British Colombia (where I live) and the installation was based in New Jersey.  Unfortunately, the infection from the system has been resolved, as the higher tech hung up before that.
  FYI, there are two main offices in our House, one running XP and the other Vista.  We have also 4 laptops, XP, (1) Vista (1) and Windows 7 (2).
  Sorry for the length of both the threshold question and paragraphs here, but this is my first question.  Thank you for your help in advance.

  Hello

  They give you direct access to your computer or install
  any software of them? If yes remove internet access to the machine
  NOW. Take the steps below and you may have to contact Bank
  credit cards, credit, companies offices, suppliers, and e-mail contacts
  and others where sensitive information could be compromised. You
  will need to carefully check for malware, so that you do not transfer
  with backups, and then save the data in a redundant way and format and
  Reinstall Windows. Check with the system manufacturer and other professionals
  of course you have everything you need to complete this procedure.

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  In the United States, you can contact the FBI, Attorney general, the police authorities and consumer
  Watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.

  No, Microsoft wouldn't you not solicited. Or they would know if errors exist on your
  computer. So that's the fraud or scams to get your money or worse to steal your identity.

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently - Microsoft is not unsolicited
  phone calls to help you fix your computer
  http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspx

  Scams and hoaxes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master?ws=support#tab3

  Microsoft Support Center consumer
  https://consumersecuritysupport.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=GN&ln=en-us&St=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1

  Microsoft technical support
  http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0

  Microsoft - contact technical support
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-support

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  Follow these steps carefully:

  If you need search malware here's my recommendations - they will allow you to
  scrutiny and the withdrawal without ending up with a load of spyware programs running
  resident who can cause as many questions as the malware and may be more difficult to detect as the
  cause.

  No one program cannot be used to detect and remove any malware. Added that often easy
  to detect malicious software often comes with a much harder to detect and remove the payload. Then
  its best to be thorough than paying the high price later now too. Check with them to one
  extreme overkill point and then run the cleaning only when you are sure that the system is clean.

  It can be made repeatedly in Mode safe - F8 tap that you start, however, you must also run
  the regular windows when you can.

  TDSSKiller.exe. - Download the desktop - so go ahead and right-click on it - RUN AS ADMIN
  It will display all the infections in the report after you run - if it will not run changed the name of
  TDSSKiller.exe to tdsskiller.com. If she finds something or not does not mean that you should not
  check with the other methods below.
  http://support.Kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?QID=208280684

  Download malwarebytes and scan with it, run MRT and add Prevx to be sure that he is gone.
  (If Rootkits run UnHackMe)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN

  Malwarebytes - free
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/

  Run the malware removal tool from Microsoft

  Start - type in the search box-> find MRT top - right on - click RUN AS ADMIN.

  You should get this tool and its updates via Windows updates - if necessary, you can
  Download it here.

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN
  (Then run MRT as shown above.)

  Microsoft Malicious - 32-bit removal tool
  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

  Microsoft Malicious removal tool - 64 bit
  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=585D2BDE-367F-495e-94E7-6349F4EFFC74&displaylang=en

  also install Prevx to be sure that it is all gone.

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN

  Prevx - Home - free - small, fast, exceptional CLOUD protection, working with others
  security programs. It is a single scanner, VERY EFFICIENT, if it finds something to come back
  here or use Google to see how to remove.
  http://www.prevx.com/   <-->
  http://info.prevx.com/downloadcsi.asp  <-->

  Choice of PCmag editor - Prevx-
  http://www.PCMag.com/Article2/0, 2817,2346862,00.asp

  Try the demo version of Hitman Pro:

  Hitman Pro is a second scanner reviews, designed to save your computer from malicious software
  (viruses, Trojans, rootkits, etc.). who infected your computer despite safe
  what you have done (such as antivirus, firewall, etc.).
  http://www.SurfRight.nl/en/hitmanpro

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  If necessary here are some free online scanners to help the

  http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

  New Vista and Windows 7 version
  http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/Center/whatsnew.htm

  Original version
  http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

  http://www.Kaspersky.com/virusscanner

  Other tests free online
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&source=HP&q=antivirus+free+online+scan&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI=G1

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  After the removal of malicious programs:

  Also follow these steps for the General corruption of cleaning and repair/replace damaged/missing
  system files.

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to fix the system files of Windows 7 with the System File Checker
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/1538-SFC-SCANNOW-Command-System-File-Checker.html

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.

  How to run check disk in Windows 7
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

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  If we find Rootkits use this thread and other suggestions. (Run UnHackMe)

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/InternetExplorer/thread/a8f665f0-C793-441A-a5b9-54b7e1e7a5a4/

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  If necessary AFTER THAT you are sure that the machine is clean of any malware.

  How to do a repair installation to repair Windows 7
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

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• Has been contacted by 2 Indian men by phone, claiming they were by Microsoft

  Has been contacted by 2 Indian men by phone, claiming they were Microsoft tec Dept & I had a virus in my computer. Wanted to drive me through them correct.  When I asked more information he gave me another Indian accented thickness - I asked a name remembered I was a newbie & would call her husband to return. Said his name is Tom Atkinson (didn't fit race) and gave me #(909) 647-9546-ask for Tom, the master of work TCE.  Sounds fishy, so I thought that you should know as they say they are representative microsoft YOU & can check out them!  Thank you, Cathy Adams

  A total scam. Not at all related to Microsoft.  It is one of the current most egregious scams.

  Microsoft is aware of it and other organizations.

  You ignore.

• My mother has been contacted on April 28, 2012, by the Digital River company

  My mother has been contacted April 28, 2012, by the Digital River company, telling him that his pc was infected and if she wasn't buying Windows security she might as well throw his pc. Is this company associated with Microsoft? If so, you should be ashamed of your organization.

  I would like to be contacted by your company.

  Digital River is a legitimate business.

  But... How do you know it was a representative of Digital River?  These scammers have been known to tell a lie...

  All other calls suggest she told the appellant that you brought calls to the police which should deter continue to harass your mother.

  See the following links for more information:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  http://www.mypchealth.co.UK/GuideScam.php

  Kind regards...

• Sharing multimedia files has been disabled because a windows required setting or a component has changed.

  Earlier today, I was a game on my Xbox 360 and decided I want to play music in the background, using the guide of 360.

  I went to "Select Music", searched my PC in the devices menu, and it does not appear. This has happened before, I just figured out my PC was in place. I went to the 360 Dashboard and looked back to the server. He has not yet shown upward.

  I went to Windows Media Player on the PC that I share the media selected in the dropdown under library and went to share multimedia files. (Here's where it gets confusing...)

  He gave me a message saying "sharing multimedia files has been disabled because a Windows setting required or a component has been changed." I hit very well, and I went back to the sharing of multimedia files. Now, I had the option to check the box "share my media". I checked, hit OK, made sure everything was good to go. The unit has not yet appear on the dashboard. I went back to the sharing of multimedia files. To my surprise, I received always «sharing multimedia files has been disabled...» »

  This is the part of the confusion: if I turn on media sharing, Windows it cuts back.

  I tried all the solutions online that I could find, which includes deleting the files in the Windows Media AppData\Microsoft folder. Register a dll to the administrator. Ensuring that you have the "Windows Media" folder. All take very well.

  Basically I narrowed down it to: nothing works.

  Each person could fix their problem by using the solutions proposed in other posts on other forums/blogs. Mine is recurring. In addition, my media is on a separate internal hard drive, which I added to the Windows Media Player files to add multimedia elements. I went and deleted from here. I still have the problem of sharing.

  All said Microsoft is to restore your computer to a previous state. It's not really useful. I don't want to go just restore. I want to fix it where. In addition: restoration would not help, I don't know how long this problem exists, but I have not known about it.

  
  

  -Very well, after a fresh reformat the hard drive and re-installing Windows, I finally reduced the problem.

  I have not had ANY problems with the computer... Until I installed my Adobe CS5 Master Collection again.

  It turns out that the part of the Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended software called Adobe Presenter 7 causes the sharing to go haywire.

  I deleted Adobe Presenter 7, and just like that, sharing has increased again.

  In addition, Adobe Acrobat 9 was causing my sidebar to go haywire, so I advanced and which takes off as well.

  Have not had a problem since.

• msteknokratz one has been contacted by this company

  No one has been contacted by this company

  Hi tonysheridan,

  It is a scam.  Please see article with more information:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

  I hope this helps!

• My email has been blocked by Microsoft

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  I suggest you just go here:

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• Windows xp media sharing has been disabled because a Windows setting required or a component has changed. For any additional help, click Help on the Web.

  Windows xp. I get this message when I try to share the media in windows media player 11 "sharing multimedia files has been disabled because a Windows setting or a required component has changed. For additional assistance, click Web Help. "I can't turn on windows media sharing and my xbox360 appears as shared, but somehow will turn off media sharing. There is an accelerated procedure to solve the problem that I have received this procedure by phone by microsoft support earlier. They require now $80 to give me the answer.

  Hello

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• Reference Dell 8200 with the validation failed "VLK has been blocked by Microsoft."

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  Andy

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  From your problem description, I understand that the Windows .old folder is deleted from your computer Windows 8.

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