would Windows never rings a person at home saying there is a problem with the sites of their pc and download a person was on?

I received a phone call from someone who claims to be from Windows telling me that someone had downloaded malicious files and they wanted to connect to my PC to talk me through it. Would Windows never ring one or is it a scam as suggested to me?

Read here:

http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/03/14206238-us-works-to-shut-down-tech-support-scam?Lite

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