Receipt of phone call scam of jars, laptop computer has been accessed remotely, what should I do?

Original title: pots... been really stupid

I received a phone call of support from jars and fell for the scam. I realize that I did. My lap top was available remotely to "fix the problem".

What do I do now?

Saturday, January 22, 2011 16:29:44 + 0000, bellabelloo wrote:

I received a phone call of support from jars and fell for the scam. I realize that I did. My lap top was available remotely to "fix the problem".

What do I do now?

Not sure what they could have done while they had remotely
access. That's why I strongly recommend you do both of the
immediately following:

1. change all your passwords, mostly all banks or any other
financial institutions.

2 reinstall Windows properly.

Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

Tags: Windows

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