I received a call today from a very lovely Christine. She took me through a tour of the Windows Event Viewer, followed by a visit to the Run -> "inf infections" which takes you to the Windows INF folder. Apparently I had 1,316 infections!! She then pointed me at www.ammyy.com but my virus scanner "detected" it as a virus. So we then tried www.logmein123.com which again my virus scanner "detected" as a virus. At that point I asked for her name and number so I could call her back as I had to go back to "work". :) It was an interesting experience.

tl;dr: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT is trying to get remote control of your PC to infect it with crap. Just hang up.

Received a call yesterday from this number. They said they were a Windows service provider and that my warantee had run out d I was being invaded by viruses. They could fix these and I could reinstate my warranty with them for a fee. They wanted access to my computer using LOogmein123.
After some time I hung up.

I think this is a scam

correction: 'JarsSupport' - however originally said they were from the 'computer maintenance department'

Hello, I recently received a phone all, 7.30pm on 21/06/11.  We were eating dinner so I had to race and find the phone as we have had a few unwell relies recently thinking it was to do with this.  There was no caller id on this call, so I answered.  Very thick indian/foreign accent telling me that my warranty has expired on my computer and could I please open it up so I can fix it.  Now for one fact, I have never EVER been called about my warranty running out on any of my computers.  I recently purchased my laptop, so I knew that my warranty would not be out of date.  As I missed what she identified her company as, I asked her "what company are you calling from?".  She replied "Melbourne".  I asked two more times and she replied "Melbourne". The last time I asked, she hung up.  This scares me this stupid rubbish as if it was my no-so-computer-saavy parents, they may have gone ahead and given them access to their computer.  I am not happy about this at all.Innocent End Users BEWARE!

My daughter received a call from these people. She did not give them any info and they gave her a number for me to ring back on (03) 9014 9868. Very heavy accent very hard to understand. Even spoke to supervisor and he would ring me back

They told me that my computer was sending error messages all the time and they wanted me to give them remote access show they could show me the errors (also the would be able to insert any thing to my computer wit out me knowing), They could not tell me what program was causing the error or the type of error.
I stood my ground and refused to do as they asked. If told them that they would have to give me more information in writting and send it to me by SNAIL mail I did not give them my home address thet had the home phone number and my name the would be able to find out my address.
So be aware of any one saying the are from Global computing
or names like Mark Anderson, Joshua Smith
or use the phone number (03) 9014 9868
or asks you to open your browser and type in www.teamviewer.com
This is all the contact details I have on them, I hope this can save some one.

I got a call from Computer Maintenance Company from a guy with an Indian accent.  I didn't get his name but I asked if he was calling on behalf of Bell (my ISP).  He kept telling me that DELL is the maker of my computer, not my service provider.  I had to tell him 3 times that Bell didn't make my computer and I don't have a  Dell.  Anyways, he told me that my computer was severely infected viruses as they got a report advising them that my computer was at risk.  After several checks on my computer and questions, he told me I had to speak to a more senior IT Specialist....her name was Dayna and they are located in California.  After going to a website...www.support.me and trying to put in a 5 digit pin (which didn't work) she advised that the reason it didn't work is because my warranty had expired and she was doing the OMG your computer is at severe risk of crashing, you need to speak to the Senior IT specialist who will recommend different warranty packages for a fee.  As I was starting to get suspisious of the call, I told her I would call her back as I was in the middle of dinner and that my computer would be turned off until further action is taken.  She told me that even when my computer is turned off that it is still exposed to harmful viruses and I needed to take immediate action.    Anyways, I could go on, but it sounds alot like what other people here have been experiencing.  BTW....I didn't get a phone number, it came up on my phone as blank but with a long distance ring tone.

pc / sw scammer called from (03) 9014 9868 claiming to be a company called Virtual Support - see web page below - this scam has been around in UK since 2008

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/07/19/scam ... o-be-microsoft/