I received a call from the # listed. I am on a "No Call List" to avoid these type calls. Any call such as this one that I don't recognize, I NEVER answer for obvious reasons. If they continue I will report these calls to my federal "no call list" website so that they may be fined the $20,000 for their intrusion.
They said they were from Microsoft but on futher questioning, they say they work with Microsoft. They tried to sell me a an anti-spyware program. I was dumb enough to let them scan my computer and guess what? They found over 1,000 infections. When I asked them why my Norton did not detect this, they went from calling it infections to spyware which Norton does not detect. Wrong-the version I have of Norton does scan for spyware. While they were trying to complete installation of the program, I disconnected the computer and removed what they did install. Don't fall for this.
Just got a call from them, with caller ID blocked. They actually gave me their return-number, which surprised me. But yeah, they said they were receiving messages from my computer that it was infected. When I asked who they were, he said they were the Windows Messaging Center "in California".
Recieved call from Emanuel PC care . Proported to be from Microsort technical support . Stupidly allowed them to scan my computer and ofcourse found loads of infections. I grew suspicious whe he moved onto purchasing new maintenance products. Not happy when I said we were about to replace our computer so not worth it!! worried about what info might be gained from my computer by such an intrusion.