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• Phone call stating that they were Microsoft

  Received a phone call saying that microsoft had noticed that my computer has been hacked and they were trying to get my husband to let them log for my computer to solve the problem.  Is this true?

  It's a scam.

  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

  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/03/09/Don-t-fall-for-phony-phone-tech-support.aspx

  If the scammers have authorized access you have the potential for a huge problem: http://ask-leo.com/i_got_a_call_from_microsoft_and_allowed_them_access_to_my_computer_what_do_i_do_now.html

  Kind regards...

• Received a phone call stating that they were Microsoft and that my system has a problem.

  scaming

  I had someone ring me and said they were by microsoft and my computer has been hack by someone after the words were uttered between us that I told them I wanted nothing to do with them they delitedall programs of my accountleaving a white screen

  Hello

  It's a scam.

  You gave them remote access and if you do Internet banking, contact your bank, explain, and change passwords.

  If you use your online credit card, cancel and get a new one issued to you.

  And the only way that willl you know that you are free to them is to backup your data and do a clean install of your operating system.

  Either these so-called "Microsoft" Tech companies want to sell you a worthless software, or remote access to your computer to try to steal your credit card and bank information and also achieve an identity theft on you.

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  And Microsoft does not contact you unless YOU have made prior arrangements with them to do.

  There is an article in the link I'm you provide at the end of this one

  Read this Information from Microsoft:

  "Avoid scams to phone for tech support.

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

  Don't be fooled of unsolicited calls. Don't provide personal information.

  Here are some of the organizations that cyber criminals claim to come:

  • Helpdesk Windows

  • Windows repair center

  • Microsoft technical support

  • Microsoft technical support

  • Windows Support Group Technical Department

  • Microsoft Research and Development Team (team of Microsoft R & D)

  See you soon.

• Microsoft sent an email asking for your username and password and what country you are, of stateing, that they were up-to-date at your service

  Original title: microsoft servvice

  I wanted to know if microsoft has sent an email asking for your username and password and what country you're stateing they were at your service day and need information to do

  Microsoft will never request this information in an unsolicited email. They are very likely that ask for any sort of password under any circumstances. Scam. Phishing attempt. Fake. Choose your own description. No Microsoft.

  Tom Ferguson

• has anyone else had a phone call saying that they come from Windows and you say that you have problems with your pc?

  I just got a phone call from a female called Janice... She said she was from Windows and told me that I have a problem with my pc, and it continues to send Windows error reports? ... My pc works well. I ask for my e-mail address, she said they don't have it, but they're my only phone number! I'm old, but I know I should have to register an e-mail address with them....

  Anyone ever had this kind of calls? or is it a scam... I ended the call.

  It is a common scam. Do not give them information, do not give them access to your PC and do not go to all the websites that they suggest. One moment. See:

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/online-privacy/msname.aspx .

  Microsoft does ever not requested for calls.

  (such persons may use names other than Microsoft as well)

• I got a phone call from someone who said they were from microsoft and my computer was in danger, unless I paid 130 pounds for a new warranty, is it a scam?

  I got a phone call from someone who said they were from microsoft and my computer was in danger, unless I paid 130 pounds for a new warranty, is it a scam?

  Hi Debra,

  It's a SCAM! Microsoft does not make that neither have they partners that do and don't they hire contractors or individuals or even to find volunteers to do. There are probably thousands of these companies out there do every day - we get two or three posts like this (or more) each day ask about it. You are lucky who have recognized the scam enough not to be sucked in and eventually identify theft, infections, hacking your computer, convince you to buy software or services you either did not need or that do not really exist at all and all sorts of nefarious stuff. You'd be surprised how much contact us AFTER THAT that they realized they had been duped asking what to do. Don't waste time talking to these people, not give them any personal information it is, don't be fooled by what they can get allows you to see on the computer - in fact, not do anything they suggest on your computer or even to visit Web sites they recommend and for the love of God don't give them access to your computer.

  Microsoft knows this is happening, but with these companies popping up like dandelions, or closing and changing names when discovered and operating mainly from abroad, it would take an army of lawyers to sue each other. They do the best they can, but they are just too many and more added every day. People need to pay attention to these things. They occur not only by telephone, but also by e-mail, instant messaging, mail and all the ways imaginable. Forget not that Microsoft doesn't this and hang up or remove the emails or messages or mail from someone claiming that they do because they know the information on your computer or that you want to get information from you to confirm your account so that it will not be closed and asking you your name of user and password and all sorts of other personal information. Microsoft DO NOT!

  See below for additional information on this topic and what to do and how Microsoft works:

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

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

  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/03/09/Don-t-fall-for-phony-phone-tech-support.aspx

  I'm glad you don't get captured by these crooks and save yourself a big headache. Continue to use the same caution and you should do fine.

  Good luck and best wishes!

• Phone call saying they were by microsoft.

  I got a phone call from someone who claims they were by microsoft and that they were doing an investigation because they had all windows 11 launch. the phone number was 44073.they asked if it was a portable computer or a computer and if it's vista or xp. I cannont do not forget what else they wanted to asked.i declare it but also do I need to be wary on my computer on which they could have done or will do?

  It is a very common scam. You give them a credit card, did you? You allowed to connect to your computer remotely?

  http://www.Google.com/#hl=en&source=HP&q=telephone+tech+support+scam&AQ=f&AQI=&aql=&OQ=&gs_rfai=C31z1vzlQTNeaL4v8jQPCjsj3DQAAAKoEBU_QZfBh&FP=be6e6cdec64325cd

  MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Microsoft never call their users? I just got a call from someone who said they were from Microsoft and he wanted me to run something.

  I just got a call from someone who said they were from Microsoft. It was obviously of the India. In any case, he said that there are problems with my computer and it asked me to do something, I would not.  He hung up. He told me to click the button of windows on my keyboard. Then he told me type something in and running. But I refused. I said, how end I call Microsoft and give them your name... HE HUNG UP.

  Hello DianeMcGettigan,

  It is simply one of the many scams that are doing the tour.

  Unless you have a prepaid support contract with Microsoft, then Microsoft will never contact you by phone, mail or e-mail about problems with your PC. You did while refusing to allow him access to your PC. All they want to do is to have access to your PC, so they can steal personal data (banking etc.) on your part.

  This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.

  John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Expert associated with: Windows Expert - consumer: www.winuser.co.uk |  vistasupport.mvps.org | xphelpandsupport.mvps.org | www.silversurfer-Guide.com

• Someone just called me saying they were Microsoft Partner and they would fix my computer, is it a scam?

  Original title: Microsoft Partner?

  just got a phone from the company telling me that they were in partnership with Microsoft and they would get rid of all the bugs etc from my computer, when I said I wanted to check who they were they told me to look at the bizhive.ca site.  Any idea who they are please? I told them I wasn't interested because they wanted to connect to my computer!

  Please see the compliments of following links to PA bear MS MVP.

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently [phone & email]
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

  Avoid scams phone & other support Tech Cyber scams
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  Microsoft dumps partner [based in India am Certified Gold] claims of scam phone (21 Sept-11)
  http://nakedsecurity.Sophos.com/2011/09/21/Microsoft-dumps-partner-telephone-support-scam/

  More-online http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsoft-removes-gold-certified.html

  Dealing with fake Tech Support & phone scams (16 June-11)
  http://windowsteamblog.com/Windows/b/WindowsSecurity/archive/2011/06/16/dealing-with-fake-tech-support-amp-phone-scams.aspx

  Microsoft survey reveals extent of new Internet phone scam (16 June-11)
  http://www.Microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/jun11/06-16MSPhoneScamPR.mspx

  I hope this helps.

• I got 2 phone calls today claiming to be from Microsoft saying that my warranty on my Windows operating system software was exhausted that my pc was sending all sorts of error messages.

  Microsft security

  I got 2 phone calls today claiming to be from Microsoft saying that my warranty on my software windows o/s was exhausted that my pc was sending all sorts of error messages for them and it was so full of spyware and malware and the only way to remedy this was to pay £80 for a years warranty and they would clean my pc otherwise if left intact it would soon crash and be unrecoverable the pc was purchased from Dixons 4 years with Vista Home Prem installed, it's just? , I thought it was a scam as it the phone number was not available, anyone else had this? .

  Here is some information on this type of scam in the United Kingdom

  http://www.BBC.co.UK/News/technology-15690898

  http://www.guardian.co.UK/technology/2011/Sep/22/Microsoft-drops-partner-accused-scam

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

  You are in luck, that it took so long to find you. Warn your friends.

• Has had a phone call saying that my computer has sent warning messages. They want to guide me through the changes to stop the problem. Is it a scam?

  Has had a phone call saying that my computer has sent warning messages. They want to guide me through the changes to stop the problem. Is it a scam?

  It's a scam. Give them nothing.
  Contact your local police.

• Call gooseberry, saying they are a Microsoft partner

  Original title: Gooseberry?  SF TV #.

  I received a phone call from a company called gooseberry to mackerel.  They said that they are a Microsoft partner and they have received a message saying that I have a problem.  Are they legitimate? They have a phone number for San Francisco.

  Hello

  It's a scam.

  We have all the errors and warnings in our Event Viewer

  But NO error message is sent from your computer to anyone.

  Either these so-called "Microsoft" Tech companies want to sell you a worthless software, or remote access to your computer to try to steal your credit card and bank information and also achieve an identity theft on you.

  You are the only person who knows if you gave them remote access.

  If you gave them remote access and you do Internet banking, contact your bank, to explain, and change passwords.

  If you use your online credit card, cancel and get a new one issued to you.

  And the only way that willl you know that you are free to them is to backup your data and do a clean install of your operating system.

  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

  And Microsoft does not contact you unless YOU have made prior arrangements with them to do.

  There is an article in the link I'm you provide at the end of this one

  Read this Information from Microsoft:

  "Avoid scams to phone for tech support.

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

  Don't be fooled of unsolicited calls. Don't provide personal information.

  Here are some of the organizations that cyber criminals claim to come:

  • Helpdesk Windows

  • Windows repair center

  • Microsoft technical support

  • Microsoft technical support

  • Windows Support Group Technical Department

  • Microsoft Research and Development Team (team of Microsoft R & D)

  See you soon.

• I received a message stating that resources were low. Computer has crashed and when I turned on the computer had black screen

  Original title: drive full D... computer laptop unusable

  I have a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop... computer.  Two months ago I saved mistakedly C drive to D drive.  I soon messages that D was 85% full... knew that I'd made a mistake... bul everything seemed OK.  Has nothing on this subject.  Yesterday, I received a message stating that resources were low.  Computer has crashed just after that.  The computer turns on with only a black screen.  Pressing F8 does not start in safe mode as it does on my PC.  Can someone help me?  Thank you!

  Hi SteveKinney,

  ·         What version of Windows is installed on your computer?

  ·         What is the exact error message?

  ·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  Follow the suggestions below for a possible solution:

  Method 1: Start in safe mode and do a System Restore to a point before the show.

  See Advanced startup options (including safe mode) for more information about starting in safe mode.

  Method 2: See the following articles and check if the problem still persists.

  Why my screen is black when I start Windows 7?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/why-is-my-screen-black-when-i-start-Windows-7

  See also the article mentioned for more information:

  Resolve stop (blue screen) error in Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/resolving-stop-blue-screen-errors-in-Windows-7

  I hope this helps.

  Thank you all... I brought to a repair shop... He says that the LCD is toasted, the date is displayed correctly on another monitor.  About $200.

• How can I move specific files according to date to a new drive and recreate the folders that they were originally in?

  I would like to take I have saved a search to sort by date and then move them to another drive and also preserve or recreate specific subfolders, in that they were originally of specific files. How do I do that? I found an and only a third party program which claims to work with the copy of the files and other. It is called "Copywhiz" but I don't think that it has this ability account required from what I've seen of him. I looked up information about the xcopy command, but his date setting allows only a specific date, not a date range. What is the best way to do it if possible? Otherwise I'll have to go through the TEDIOUS process of your time to copy all the folder and its subfolders to the other drive, looking all over again for a date range and delete these files and not in the range of dates, I want to be in the files in specific folders. I hope it is clear to you because I have no other way to explain. The specific details of the project are that I have a bunch of psd files in many subfolders based on the object. Of these files, I want those who are previous to the year 2009. I want to have the records that those displaced persons files were to be preserved in their new location. Essentially, I want to replicate the folder structure that only selected files to the new drive.

  I could get this link to work, so I downloaded from http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/RoboCopy-Download-87790.html.

  I tried it and it worked and it was relatively simple.  He did the directory and the structure of the subdirectories as well.

  In my view, is the command you would use in command prompt:

  ROBOCOPY sourcedirectory *.psd /E MINAGE:20081231 destinatiiondirectory

  I think that's all there is to it.  It worked for me when I did something similar with all .doc files in the My Documents folder.

  WOW!  It was fairly easy and well obviously the solution.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck.

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• I found the track record, when I deleted it I lost all my videos folder, and when I checked in the Recycle Bin that they were not there.is there a way to restore?

  Original title: restore the follow-up case

  am usind windows vista and I found the track record, when I deleted it I lost all my videos folder, and when I checked in the Recycle Bin that they were not there.is there a way to restore?

  Hello

  Once removed the HDD data can't be recovered. However, you can use your favorite search engine to browse third-party data recovery software and use this software to recover data.

  Note: Using third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.

  You can also view the following link to recover lost or deleted files and try the steps:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/recover-lost-or-deleted-files