Calls from Microsoft Help

[geared 317]

Well done, their job is to scam people out of money, bunch of thieving leeches.

 

Waste their time and cut their earnings.

[Itrytoplease 10]

I perhaps should of added for anyone that doesn't know - THIS IS A SCAM - and these warning/error notes are nowt to do with the stability of your computer, every computer has them. Don't be fooled into 1 - Going to their Web site. 2 - Handing over any money/bank detail or the like.

[nikki-red 308]

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Edited October 3, 2013 by nikki-red
Pointless now thread merged

[Paul Blade 10]

Just had a bloke from "Microsoft" on the phone, showing me all the faults I have on my computer, for 24 minutes he was telling me how my computer was about to crash, he even showed me the "Error" files, and phoned me back up when the line went bad. A total of 24 minutes 18 seconds he spent, before I told him I was a certified Microsoft engineer, and that I was using the "Red Hat" OS.

 

He hung up ................ I wonder why?

 

No I'm not a Microsoft engineer and I'm not using Linux, but it was the best laugh I've had for days, Had to share it.

 

Well done, their job is to scam people out of money, bunch of thieving leeches.

 

Waste their time and cut their earnings.

 

Unfortunately some people don't think the same they reckon you should just swear at them and ring up

[Mr Gav 10]

There's loads vids on You Tube where folk have had fun wasting their time.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=microsoft+phone+scams&oq=microsoft+phone+sc&gs_l=youtube.3.0.0.7252.19426.0.21242.20.16.1.3.3.0.291.3083.1j9j6.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.iLaY5SuHNn4

 

My personal favourite is to give them access to a virtual machine running Windows 98, and watch their brains break:+).

In an ideal world, I'd like to figure out how to include some form of payload which would infect the scammer's machine, but I suspect:

1. This would be easier said than done
   
2. This would be seen in the eyes of the law as worse than the activity of the scammer
   

[bigsexydoug 10]

There's loads vids on You Tube where folk have had fun wasting their time.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=microsoft+phone+scams&oq=microsoft+phone+sc&gs_l=youtube.3.0.0.7252.19426.0.21242.20.16.1.3.3.0.291.3083.1j9j6.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.iLaY5SuHNn4

 

My personal favourite is to give them access to a virtual machine running Windows 98, and watch their brains break:+).

In an ideal world, I'd like to figure out how to include some form of payload which would infect the scammer's machine, but I suspect:

1. This would be easier said than done
   
2. This would be seen in the eyes of the law as worse than the activity of the scammer
   

 

I was thinking of something the same yesterday, but to have some sort.of device that would cause a massive feedback through the headset earphone.

But I have no idea about what sort of device could do that though.....

[RollingJ 2,041]

There's loads vids on You Tube where folk have had fun wasting their time.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=microsoft+phone+scams&oq=microsoft+phone+sc&gs_l=youtube.3.0.0.7252.19426.0.21242.20.16.1.3.3.0.291.3083.1j9j6.16.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.iLaY5SuHNn4

 

My personal favourite is to give them access to a virtual machine running Windows 98, and watch their brains break:+).

In an ideal world, I'd like to figure out how to include some form of payload which would infect the scammer's machine, but I suspect:

1. This would be easier said than done
   
2. This would be seen in the eyes of the law as worse than the activity of the scammer
   

 

Pity you haven't got Windows 3.1 (or earlier) - that would really screw 'em

[Mr Gav 10]

Pity you haven't got Windows 3.1 (or earlier) - that would really screw 'em

 

I have now...Huzzah!

 

Just located a little treasure trove of old programs/ operating systems from Windows 1 +, Macintosh, Amiga etc.

(Before anyone complains, I have been informed that there's nothing naughty about downloading any of these, since they officially stopped being supported years ago)

 

Let the scam baiting begin!

[RollingJ 2,041]

I have now...Huzzah!

 

Just located a little treasure trove of old programs/ operating systems from Windows 1 +, Macintosh, Amiga etc.

(Before anyone complains, I have been informed that there's nothing naughty about downloading any of these, since they officially stopped being supported years ago)

 

Let the scam baiting begin!

 

DO let us know how you get on.

[Mr Gav 10]

Will hopefully record the fun as a video

 

Forgot to add link to the treasure trove if anybody else wants to have a bit of fun wasting the time of scammers.

http://winworldpc.com/library_m2.shtml

[Dardandec 32]

http://winworldpc.com/library_m2.shtml

 

ATTENTION - This site has been blocked

 

For your security BullGuard has blocked access to this page

The site is listed as a malicious site that may be stealing identity information, plant viruses on your machine or do other harmful things.

 

The information we have indicate that this site:

- Hosts pages that appear to be legitimate, but contains malicious code or link to malicious websites hosting malware.

 

[Mr Gav 10]

I suspect it's a false positive, possibly due to the sheer age of some of the software (Internet Explorer 1 for example).

As with anything you download, it's always a good idea to scan for nasties.

I scanned the url with a few different tools and have included the results below so you can make your own informed choice.

 

VirusTotal -2 of 38

https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/0e0dec2409143711011473c4a59b6c6e5c0b0c0bee2ff543e3dd2c69661cb8cf/analysis/1381134008/

 

Comodo Web Inspector (Clean)

http://app.webinspector.com/public/reports/17644712

 

ScanURL (Clean)

http://scanurl.net/?u=winworldpc.com#results

 

Google Safe Browsing (Clean)

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=winworldpc.com

 

Sucuri SiteCheck (Blacklisted by Eset though no Malware found)

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/?scan=http%3A%2F%2Fwinworldpc.com

 

WOT (Web Of Trust) (Excellent)

https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/winworldpc.com

 

Trend Micro (Clean)

http://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/result.php