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Title: Tech Support Scammers Lookalike Pages
Post by: Corrine on August 21, 2014, 05:09:46 PM
We've heard about the fake Microsoft "tech support" calls for a long time.  There have been rogue applications imitating  known security programs.  Now the scammers are moving to a different level with brand security software fake warnings.  They modify the real installer to add their own code with the message the software cannot be installed and a toll-free number to call "support" -- which is a tech support company located in India.

More at Tech Support scammers rip big brand security software with fake warnings (https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2014/08/tech-support-scammers-rip-big-brand-security-software-with-fake-warnings/) including a video recording of the interaction with the technician.
Title: Re: Tech Support Scammers Lookalike Pages
Post by: LilBambi on August 22, 2014, 05:41:08 PM
Thanks for the heads up!