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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Norodix@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

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[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

My Boomer dad got taken in by one of these scams. They didn't manage to do much damage, thankfully.

[-] naun@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

My Silent Generation mom kept one of these guys on the phone for an hour before telling him she didn't have a computer. Oh, the language he used afterwards!

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Intentional trolling, or was she just rambling?

[-] naun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Intentional trolling. My mom is sharp and well aware of internet scams. (Well, she was 15ish years ago, when she did this. She's slowed down a bit of late, but she's careful to check with one of us to make sure things are on the up-and-up.) She had a blast messing with him.

[-] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They dont have to be mutually exclusive

[-] Vqhm@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yea l knew someone that gave remote access out to one of these scams. Couldn't be sure they didn't leave a reverse shell so we just formated the drive and reinstalled windblows.

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