Yet another computer scam:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36084989

Hi...

Thanks for sharing this.

Regards...

My Mom just got hit by such two similar attempts (one spoofing as the IRS threatened impending jail time!) but fortunately she is still very sharp and uses one of those "Grandma's PCs" of which she is totally awre that it does not run anything by Microsoft since the OpSys is a closed Linux (disallows User installs of binaries). She kept him on the line and "played" with him until he said, "I think I have to hang up now"

Can't tell who gets more money from honest folks. Government or crooks.

Good to know, thanks.

New twist on an old scam.

I recall getting such a pop-up six or seven years ago. Just for grins and giggles, I clicked on "Scan Now."

The scan told me that my C:\ drive was full of malware. (The "scan" also appeared to go much faster than any actual scan could possibly have done. As a veteran Windows user, I have observed many scans.)

I was using Linux (Slackware or Debian, one or the other I forget which) and had no C:\ drive.

enorbet, give your Mom kudos from me. She sounds like a savvy computer user.

My roommate uses AT&T (I now split the bill with her.) My first thought was, I've seen that before but likely not? If happens again will pay more attention, rather than just flipping WiFi off and on again...

My dad forgot to remove his credentials from their xbox the other day so my 12 year old nephew pulled a fast one buying $70 worth of nonrefundables. Needless to say he'll be grounded from electronics (including the laptop I gave him) so no worries there for awhile... I try to keep him(\them ) up to date on social and reverse engineering with a big emphasis on identity theft!

It was just a:page, found it in my history.

I will and FTR she just turned 90