Strange call claiming to be of support technique microsoft
I just got a phone call pretending to be technical support from microsoft, and he said "your P.C. contains a virus, I called my local law enforcement agency, and then they asked me what info are they asking me for and I said my credit card information, and my computer OS password and they asked me to call phone busters. that I reported to phone busters and taken measures, but I heréd reached Indian and they were Indian group is and what they claimed to be from Bangalore in India, phone number started from 666 area code.
Ignore and do not give your information.
You made the right choice to declare them.
It's another scam of telemarketing.
See you soon.
Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner
Tags: Windows
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alleged phone call from support technique microsoft, saying: I have pc problems
original title: support phone call microsoft technical
I just got a phone call from someone saying that they come from the MS support and want to talk to me about the amount of problems that are reported by the 3rd party software on my computer, it would be just
Hello
It's a SCAM
they want or money on your part for programs without value or make an identity theft on you to get even more money and get your internet banking passwords and credit card information, you get allows you to download the software to 'fix' or 'test' for your computer
Read these tips from Microsoft:
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx
Microsoft has none of the unsolicited telephone calls to help you fix your computer
In this type of scam cybercriminals are calling you and claim to be of Support technique Microsoft. They offer help with your computer problems. Once scammers have earned your trust, they try to steal and damage your computer with malicious software, including viruses and spyware.
Although the law enforcement can trace phone numbers, often authors use pay telephones, disposable cell phones or stolen cellular phone numbers. Better avoid fooling themselves rather than try to repair the damage afterwards.
Treat all unsolicited sceptically telephone calls. Don't provide personal information.
If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from Technical Support Microsoft, hang up. We do not have such calls.
If you think you might be a victim of fraud, you can report it. For more information, see: what to do if you think you have been scammed.
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managed to put the computer in a restaurant that is the method of compensation it back to the date of purchase of 2008.
Don't you think that this will solve my problem. ?I changed the passwords againI received a call of support technique microsoft stating that my computer has been infected evil and that they would clean it for me.
Have I been swindled £ 89.99 from my pension for 12 months cover.I paid money to mauritias amCancel, wipe your computer and change all of your passwords for each account that you contact your financial institutions to warn them to watch for unusual transactions.
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It is a mess that everything seems to have something to do with the user unknown, profile and permissions? I do not know
This first paper below, is the 4th down from the top of the stack of the event view administrator. I posted it all initially due to 'please contact Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.' requested in this journal
Log name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
Date: 2011-08-20 15:23:12
Event ID: 4609
Task category: event system
Level: error
Keywords: Classic
User: n/a
Computer: Diane
Description:Internal system of events from COM + has detected what a bad code back during his treatment. HRESULT was 80070437 line 45 of d:\longhorn\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp. Contact the Services de Support technique Microsoft to report this error.
The event XML:
4609
0
2
16
0
0 x 80000000000000
36861
Application
Diane
d:\longhorn\com\complus\src\events\tier1\eventsystemobj.cpp
45
80070437
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 2011-08-20 16:51:03
Event ID: 7000
Task category: no
Level: error
Keywords: Classic
User: n/a
Computer: Diane
Description:
COM event system service + could not start due to the following error:
The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.
The event XML:
7000
0
2
0
0
0 x 80000000000000
390554
System
Diane
System event COM +.
% 1079
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificateServicesClient-registration auto
Date: 2011-08-20 01:24:41
Event ID: 64
Task category: no
Level: WARNING
Keywords: Classic
User: n/a
Computer: Diane
Description:
Certificate for the local system with footprint 4 7 54 42 2 a 43 1 a 20 36 77 0e b2 fa 58 58 44 cd fb db is about to expire or already expired.
The event XML:
64
0
3
0
0
0 x 80000000000000
36700
Application
Diane
local system
7 4 c a 54, 42, 2, 1 has 43 20 36 77 0e b2 fa 58 fb 58 44 cd db
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 2011-08-20 15:23:12
Event ID: 10005
Task category: no
Level: error
Keywords: Classic
User: n/a
Computer: Diane
Description:
DCOM got error "1079" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments "" to start the server:
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}
The event XML:
10005
0
2
0
0
0 x 80000000000000
390544
System
Diane
1079
EventSystem
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}
Keep aside the papers, there are real problems with your computer?
If so, can you describe the same thing in short?
"Please contact Support Services Microsoft support to report this error." is a robotic message and generic. Nothing spectacular as such.
In the meantime, scanner SFC on your computer:
How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833 -
Original title: Window 7
I bought WINDOWS 7 Professional in 2011 & upgraded to the WINDOWS 8 Pro in 2012. For some reason, recently I formatted laptop. I have the product key, but do not have the installation CD.
On page 7 microsoft upgrade (online), when I entered the product key, it also showed not supported & contact support technique microsoft.
PL. help me for the installation.
Try the 8 key for download,
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I fell for what you all seem to feel is a "scam."
I got a call saying they were technical support from Microsoft, they called for my pc was hacked and sent error messages. I was not too su re, but they had me enter a code on the pc, and it showed a list of more than 50 error messages, they said that they had received. Then, they control that is given to them for the mouse and seized a lot of information showing me the problems. Then he said warns me on; those pirates I needed a special program. "Alpha PC maintenance" and for 3 years, it would be $ 135. Now I don't know if it was the real scoop or I fell for a big pile of *! I could use the theory, I'm a senior, but I think I should have been smarter. What should I do now that they've been in the pc? Thank you JAFTXTo add to what you already said, inform your bank company or credit card if you do banking online of any form or if you have given your debit or credit card number to the caller. Do the faster you it, the faster you can arrest the appellant empty your account....
Do you want t know Apha PC Care?
https://community.McAfee.com/thread/43102?start=0&TSTART=0
Read all THE of it...
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has received two phone calls to area code 971-217-9518. claiming they are Microsoft technical support and my computer suffers a infection is at risk. Is this a valid format using microsoft or is it a fake/scam?
You are welcome and if you encounter blue screen problems, this is the place to ask for help. Start a new thread with a description of the symptoms, your operating system and service pack level, error messages (exact text) and I'm sure someone will lend assistance trying to solve the problem.
Good luck
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What is a real address of support technique microsoft
is * address email is removed from the privacy * a real microsoft tech support address? I received an e-mail below, but I am sceptical to be a real address of microsoft:
Tuesday 5 April 2011 at 15:14, Satisfaction Survey customer Microsoft <*** email="" address="" is="" removed="" for="" privacy="" ***="">says:
Dear Microsoft customer,Thank you for using our services. We would like your feedback to help us improve our quality of service.
If you have not yet completed the investigation, Microsoft would like two minutes of your time. We would like to ask you a few questions about your recent contact with our team about Silverlight for Windows AL on March 31, 2011. The number of cases was 1151459299.
Click here to begin the survey.
Please note that this invitation will expire soon. Please respond before April 11, 2011.
Thank you for your valuable comments and time.
-Your team at Microsoft.
Microsoft Satisfaction Survey privacy statement: Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy. Survey responses are collected by Maritz, a market research company commissioned by Microsoft to conduct this survey. This survey did not ask or collect additional personal information on your part. For more information, please click here.If you do not contact Microsoft Consumer Software Support recently, please let us know by clicking here. We send you is no longer that you send on this particular contact.
This message was sent to * address email is removed from the privacy * of * address email is removed from the privacy *.
Have you contacted "their team" on the scheduled date? If so, it is probably legitimate.
If it comes from a microsoft.com, silverlight.net, or a known (other than MSN, Hotmail or Live) Microsoft site, it is legitimate. If you are not sure, after return the domain name (the forum deletes e-mail addresses so I don't know who told you that it was).
I tried the survey and it seems fine.
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It's about all in the title.
Turn on the PC
Sign in to account "Me" user with administrator privileges.
Open Uplay game Launcher
Run dust
Game crashes to the desktop
Turn on the PC
Sign up for 'New test' user account with administrator privileges
Open Uplay game Launcher
Run dust
Game starts and works perfectly.
I've been supported by Ubisoft so I did chkdsk and a bunch of other things.
Told to ask Microsoft, Microsoft provides no support whatsoever, so I'm asking here.
Thanks for all help them.
Edit:
I already have:
Run the chkdsk command.
Run a file system check.
Reinstalled the game
Reinstalled Uplay
Reinstalled Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable, and everything related to it.
Disable all background programs.
Run Selective startup with all programs bar disabled Microsoft.
Run the program as administrator
Run the Uplay as administrator
Clean installed graphics card drivers
Reinstalled DirectX
Hi Richard,
As you mention that the problem does not occur in the test account, then it is possible that the old user account is damaged.
I wish that refer you to this article-
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=Windows-7
We know if that helps you.
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It seemed have lost ANY ability to network. I have aparantly been hit with some sort of trojan_downloader that killed my ability to use administrative tools, regedit, System Restore. Get other mistakes, too (the drivers are corupt, material of finds which is no longer on the machine, etc.). Got rid of the virus, but still cannot use the net. Any ideas on how to restore would be appreciated.
Your computer is not really clean or the operating system was severely damaged by the infection. Make sure that the computer is free of viruses/malware, take a look at the removal steps listed in the following link. If you were this in-depth, go to the next thing. If you were not this thorough, go through the steps.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
If the computer is really clean now, and you still have problems you have described, the best solution is to backup your data and do a clean install of Windows. I understand that this is not the answer to most people, but from my experience, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to establish such a system damaged.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean install - how-to
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - you will need at hand MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - Don ' t Panic! -
They seem to want to let me have online access to my PC to 'fix '.
This unsolicited approach is likely to be authentic?
Friday, January 11, 2013 15:01:10 + 0000, BarryTrewern wrote:
They seem to want to let me have online access to my PC to 'fix '.
This unsolicited approach is likely to be authentic?
No!
It's 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.htmlIn addition to their money get on your part to do anything of any value,
If you leave them in your computer, which knows what losses they did are
where 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. change all of your passwords, especially banks or other
financial sites.Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
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Just got a call from the India, claiming that they had been notified that there was an error in my computer? Is this normal? About an hour earlier, I have defraged my computer?
Hello
It's a SCAM
they want or money on your part for programs without value or make an identity theft on you to get even more money and get your internet banking passwords and credit card information, you get allows you to download the software to 'fix' or 'test' for your computer
read this:
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx
Microsoft has none of the unsolicited telephone calls to help you fix your computer
In this type of scam cybercriminals are calling you and claim to be of Support technique Microsoft. They offer help with your computer problems. Once scammers have earned your trust, they try to steal and damage your computer with malicious software, including viruses and spyware.
Although the law enforcement can trace phone numbers, often authors use pay telephones, disposable cell phones or stolen cellular phone numbers. Better avoid fooling themselves rather than try to repair the damage afterwards.
Treat all unsolicited sceptically telephone calls. Don't provide personal information.
If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from Technical Support Microsoft, hang up. We do not have such calls.
If you think you might be a victim of fraud, you can report it. For more information, see: what to do if you think you have been scammed.
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Re: Strange call of "MS Tech Support"
We get these calls to the Canada, too. I received several - three in the last three days. The appellant speaks with a strong accent, does not identify himself at the beginning of the call and when you press on for identification, claims to be call "technical service of Microsoft. The appellant claims that they received my software to internet-related error messages, and if I turn on my computer and share my office with them, they will find the causes of the errors and correct them. Everyone there had a call with this twist? Needless to say that I have declined and told them never to call again. Thank you people who have also published their questions and experiences here - it confirmed my suspicions. I'll be contacting PhoneBusters.
Hello
they want or money on your part for programs without value or make an identity theft on you to get even more money and get your internet banking passwords and credit card information, you get allows you to download the software to 'fix' or 'test' for your computer
read this:
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx
Microsoft has none of the unsolicited telephone calls to help you fix your computer
In this type of scam cybercriminals are calling you and claim to be of Support technique Microsoft. They offer help with your computer problems. Once scammers have earned your trust, they try to steal and damage your computer with malicious software, including viruses and spyware.
Although the law enforcement can trace phone numbers, often authors use pay telephones, disposable cell phones or stolen cellular phone numbers. Better avoid fooling themselves rather than try to repair the damage afterwards.
Treat all unsolicited sceptically telephone calls. Don't provide personal information.
If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from Technical Support Microsoft, hang up. We do not have such calls.
If you think you might be a victim of fraud, you can report it. For more information, see: what to do if you think you have been scammed.
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The person who called me was very difficult to understand. He asked me how old I was? I always want to talk to an American, but I saw no reason for such a confused call! Surely Microsoft doesnot employ these people. Or do you have?
Hello
It's a SCAM
they want or money on your part for programs without value or make an identity theft on you to get even more money and get your internet banking passwords and credit card by obtaining information allows you to download the software to 'fix' or 'test' for your computer or install via remote access
read this:
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx
Microsoft has none of the unsolicited telephone calls to help you fix your computer
In this type of scam cybercriminals are calling you and claim to be of Support technique Microsoft. They offer help with your computer problems. Once scammers have earned your trust, they try to steal and damage your computer with malicious software, including viruses and spyware.
Although the law enforcement can trace phone numbers, often authors use pay telephones, disposable cell phones or stolen cellular phone numbers. Better avoid fooling themselves rather than try to repair the damage afterwards.
Treat all unsolicited sceptically telephone calls. Don't provide personal information.
If you receive an unsolicited call from someone who claims to be from Technical Support Microsoft, hang up. We do not have such calls.
If you think you might be a victim of fraud, you can report it. For more information, see: what to do if you think you have been scammed.
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Fraudulent calls claiming to Support Ms.
Do you know the people who answer the phone at 951-566-4800? They claim to work as support for Microsoft people and want to help clean up my PC.
They use an address of www.microwinsupport and are there to help with the problems that my PC has reported to them.I think they are crooks and you might want to prevent to falsely represent your company.Hello
Yes, it's a SCAM!
The number is usurped or forwarded to another number, perhaps another country.
951-566-4800.
http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/951-566-4800.html========================
Avoid scams to phone for tech support
http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspxIn the United States, you can contact the FBI, Attorney general, the police authorities and consumer
Watch groups. Arm yourself with knowledge.The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance
(BJA).
http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspxNo, Microsoft wouldn't you not solicited. Or they would know if errors exist on your
computer. So that's the fraud or scams to get your money or worse to steal your identity.Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently - Microsoft is not unsolicited
phone calls to help you fix your computer
http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspxScams and hoaxes
http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master?ws=support#tab3Microsoft Support Center consumer
https://consumersecuritysupport.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?altbrand=true&SD=GN&ln=en-us&St=1&wfxredirect=1&gssnb=1Microsoft technical support
http://support.Microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support#TAB0Microsoft - contact technical support
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/contact-supportI hope this helps.
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