Re: [LUG] Comical phone call. MS vs Linux & Malware.

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On , Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Martijn Grooten wrote:
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> I just received a similar call myself. The guy claimed to be calling
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> from BT and he told me someone had downloaded or malicious file from
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> my computer or something. Told me to follow his instructions which I
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> did, hoping he would give me some information that I could use (e.g.
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> to submit a bad URL to a blacklist) but ended up giving up too early:
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> didn't want to do too many dodgy things on my work laptop and don't
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> know enough about Windows Event Viewer and the likes to give him
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> sensible answers without having to do what he said.
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> What worried me most though is that he seemed to be calling from a
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> busy call centre.
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> Wish they'd call me.... However number is ex. directory and TPS, etc. registered. I suspect they won't call my published office number though.
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> If you do get a cold caller - for whatever reason, not just scams... See if you can keep them going for over 90 seconds. If they're in a call centre, and using BT (although you'll never know), then BT have a call centre rate that gives them the first 90 sconds of a call free[1], but after 90 seconds it's the full call rates. So it would soon become not profitable for them...
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> Gordon
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> [1] Nothing's free - they typically pay a hefty line rental and long term contract for this deal, however...
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My guess is that this kind of business will be short term so I doubt any bill will even get paid. They will rake in money from people with no IT skills then disappear after a few months when it gets widely known.
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