Network access protection

I received a call from a person with a very strong accent saying he worked for Microsoft and telling me my PC necessary updates up-to-date, because NAP has been turned off.  He wanted me to type eventvwr in the run, then click Enter.  I stopped there and told him it was a scam and he quickly hung up.

My question is, should I have it?  Is it possible to see if the malware is on my pc?

My PC is a pc at home on my own network.  It is not connected to the job or something like that.  I run windows 7 and have Avast first 2015 as my anti-virus.

I remember a few weeks there is a message that I couldn't close that said to call for an urgent update microsoft and he had a number.  I ended up restarting my pc.  Once in a while when I'm on the internet, I see another open window and contains ads that I know that I did not open.

Thank you, Manny B

Friday, November 6, 2015 18:09:42 + 0000, MBar1958 wrote:

I received a call from a person with a very strong accent saying he worked for Microsoft and telling me my PC necessary updates up-to-date, because NAP has been turned off.  He wanted me to type eventvwr in the run, then click Enter.  I stopped there and told him it was a scam and he quickly hung up.

My question is, should I have it?  Is it possible to see if the malware is on my pc?

See other responses, you got and let me add the following:

There is no particular reason to worry about the malware infection
as a result of his appeal. You can completely ignore all the
Crook said.

However, it is always prudent to check for malware
infection. You should do this with two programs, antivirus (such as
Avast. that you are already running) and an anti-spyware program.
as the free MalwareBytes AntiMalware.

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