Calling to Tell You Your Computer"s Infected
Ask school age kids about computer viruses and they'll be happy to give you lengthy answers.
And why not? As the generation today is well-informed about the newest technology especially anything regarding the cyber-world.
Another reason for this is the popularity of personal computers as well as laptop computers that it became a necessity among individuals and households to own one.
And if these kids are informed about computer viruses, what more with the older ones? The massive ownership of these gadgets became both an advantage and disadvantage as the supposedly useful item became the target among wrongdoers.
Though the term virus is commonly misused, the name "computer virus" sticks up to this day.
Way back in the 70s and 80s, these viruses spread through removable media like floppy disks (CD, DVD and USB were not yet manufactured during that time).
And today, as technology evolved, so did the scheme meant for creating havoc in the computer world.
With the internet as its medium, computer viruses are easily spread.
With just one click of your mouse, before you even know it, your PC is infected and starts acting weird.
Some of the noted viruses are the "ILoveYou virus" which caused damage to high-security government sites, virus that are sent though emails and even through pop ups about supposedly antivirus software that turned out to be bogus.
And the newest addition to these are through telephone calls.
John Harrison of Ealling shares that he was a certain woman called him claiming to be from Techis Online or maybe Techies Online.
She then gave a 01274900213 company phone number and told him that she knew that he has computer (a very easy guess) that is experiencing a problem.
Harrison relates that the woman, who sounded in her early 20s, asked her to go to his Task Viewer because it has a virus in it.
Harrison said that he knew that the conversation was rubbish and decided to play along.
He also dug a bit for information regarding the woman's company and found out that the site and the number she gave did not exist.
The next step with this calling scam is easy to guess - asking you to buy anti-virus software.
Easy money if you're that gullible.
Do not be a victim of these scammers.
And why not? As the generation today is well-informed about the newest technology especially anything regarding the cyber-world.
Another reason for this is the popularity of personal computers as well as laptop computers that it became a necessity among individuals and households to own one.
And if these kids are informed about computer viruses, what more with the older ones? The massive ownership of these gadgets became both an advantage and disadvantage as the supposedly useful item became the target among wrongdoers.
Though the term virus is commonly misused, the name "computer virus" sticks up to this day.
Way back in the 70s and 80s, these viruses spread through removable media like floppy disks (CD, DVD and USB were not yet manufactured during that time).
And today, as technology evolved, so did the scheme meant for creating havoc in the computer world.
With the internet as its medium, computer viruses are easily spread.
With just one click of your mouse, before you even know it, your PC is infected and starts acting weird.
Some of the noted viruses are the "ILoveYou virus" which caused damage to high-security government sites, virus that are sent though emails and even through pop ups about supposedly antivirus software that turned out to be bogus.
And the newest addition to these are through telephone calls.
John Harrison of Ealling shares that he was a certain woman called him claiming to be from Techis Online or maybe Techies Online.
She then gave a 01274900213 company phone number and told him that she knew that he has computer (a very easy guess) that is experiencing a problem.
Harrison relates that the woman, who sounded in her early 20s, asked her to go to his Task Viewer because it has a virus in it.
Harrison said that he knew that the conversation was rubbish and decided to play along.
He also dug a bit for information regarding the woman's company and found out that the site and the number she gave did not exist.
The next step with this calling scam is easy to guess - asking you to buy anti-virus software.
Easy money if you're that gullible.
Do not be a victim of these scammers.
