Question related to the spam/hoax calls

I frequently receive phone calls from an Asian voice claiming to be Microsoft support widows. He claims to have detected the virus and all kinds of horrible things on my computer. It will ask then as I turn my computer on and wait until the home screen is visible. It then asks me to press some buttons, which, out of suspicion, I refuse to do. I'm wrong. And if so, what might happen.

Thank you in anticipation

Bill

Original title: am I paranoid

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 16:17:35 + 0000, WilliamHolland1947 wrote:

I frequently receive phone calls from an Asian voice claiming to be Microsoft support widows. He claims to have detected the virus and all kinds of horrible things on my computer. It will ask then as I turn my computer on and wait until the home screen is visible. It then asks me to press some buttons, which, out of suspicion, I refuse to do. I'm wrong. And if so, what might happen.

Yes, you are right.

It was a scam and with all the names and phone numbers, one who has
become very frequent lately. See
http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/08/virus-scams-social-engineering-victims.html
and
http://www.howtogeek.com/176605/tell-your-relatives-no-Microsoft-wont-call-you-about-your-computer/
and
http://www.howtogeek.com/180514/the-%E2%80%9ctech-support%E2%80%9D-scammers-called-Htg-so-we-had-fun-with-them/

In addition to their money get on your part to do anything of any value,
If you leave them in your computer, who knows what they were doing or where
What confidential information they stole.

So if you have done so, I highly recommend that you do both of the following
immediately:

1 do a clean reinstall of Windows.

2. after reinstallation of Windows, change all your passwords.
especially the banks or other
financial sites.

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