My warning to support bluff

A week ago I received a phone call from the phone number 0015672539999. It was a group of men englishtalking with Indian voice, claiming that they represented the Windows support and they discovered a dangerous state of my computer, which they wanted to save me. They gave me a 'key' of this type: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX. Then they gave me instructions how I could find this key on my computer: they asked me to open 32\cmd.exe c:\WINDOWS\system and write a code and when I then pressed ENTER, I have read the same key they gave me. Then they wanted me to receive further instructions, but I was suspicious and broke the call off the coast. Later, I called Microsoft support and they said that no damage has happened because of it, but it might have been if I Don t had interrupted the call. What is the function of this "key"?

There is no kind of key, but installs a common data element that is present in the registry for all windows.  It would be like to say to someone, 'Hey, I'm an expert in car engines.  How can I prove it?  Well, you have candles and cables candle under the hood, not you?  See, I told you! »  :-)

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