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**Chris** · 02-09-2011, 20:35

I've just had the boys from Bangalore on the phone, telling me they're from Microsoft and offering to clear malware from my PC.

I strung them along for 15 minutes ... I have to admit, "John" was very patient as I failed to find the start button on my desktop (I managed not to tell him it's an iMac) and failed to download and run the .exe file from his scammer 'help' website.

I eventually came clean, told him I knew what he was up to and tried to appeal to his conscience. He signed off, insisting he really is a MS CSE, but I got a follow up call a minute later in which someone asked, in heavily accented English, if I was the mother etc a-hole. Except without the obfuscation. So I think I may have pricked his conscience, just a wee little bit.

Anyway, mainly in the hope that this thread pops up in a google search and helps someone else avoid the unpleasantness that would surely have ensued had that .exe file been capable of running on my system ... Don't download anything from checkmypconline.com ... It is run by scammers. Beware.

02-09-2011, 20:35	#1
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,237	Beware checkmypconline.com SCAM I've just had the boys from Bangalore on the phone, telling me they're from Microsoft and offering to clear malware from my PC. I strung them along for 15 minutes ... I have to admit, "John" was very patient as I failed to find the start button on my desktop (I managed not to tell him it's an iMac) and failed to download and run the .exe file from his scammer 'help' website. I eventually came clean, told him I knew what he was up to and tried to appeal to his conscience. He signed off, insisting he really is a MS CSE, but I got a follow up call a minute later in which someone asked, in heavily accented English, if I was the mother etc a-hole. Except without the obfuscation. So I think I may have pricked his conscience, just a wee little bit. Anyway, mainly in the hope that this thread pops up in a google search and helps someone else avoid the unpleasantness that would surely have ensued had that .exe file been capable of running on my system ... Don't download anything from checkmypconline.com ... It is run by scammers. Beware.