Don't Call This Number- It's a Microsoft Support Scam | NotebookReview

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https://www.yahoo.com/tech/fake-blue-screen-death-leads-151202324.html

A new and creative type of malware pretends to be Microsoft Security Essentials, a real antivirus suite used on Windows 7 and earlier.

Called Hicurdismos, the malware displays Microsoft's classic Blue Screen of Death — with one key difference. It doesn't actually harm your computer, but it can fool you into forking over your hard-earned cash to a tech-support scammer.
The real Blue Screen of Death doesn't include a phone number.

Microsoft shared information about the scam on its Malware Protection Center Threat Research & Response Blog. Hicurdismos is not the scariest piece of malware out there by any stretch, since it technically can't compromise your computer in any way. On the other hand, for users who don't know the ins and outs of Microsoft's security lineup, it could convince them to make a very costly phone call.

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Which is just like other seemingly threatening tech support scam ads, I've seen one imitating Win XP-style BSOD.
Make a VM and troll those scambags until they get frustrated!

OverTallman, Oct 26, 2016

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Dang, I had this happen to me right after I fresh installed Win 10 on a new NVMe SSD. Odd that Windows Defender didn't catch it!

fiziks, Nov 28, 2016

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Don't Call This Number: It's a Microsoft Support Scam

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