I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder… Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?
If it’s sending information to Microsoft then it has clearly been hacked. Likely by Microsoft. It was very nice of that young man to break protocol and blow the whistle on this whole thing. You should send him an itunes gift card as a thank you.
Microsoft? More like Hackrosoft!!1!!
But I’ve sent all those to the CIA!
What ever u do, DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM THAT GIFTCARD SIR, SIR I BEG U DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM
DO NOT REDEEM
WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING
WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING
WHY ARE YOU NOT LISTENING SIR
WHY DID YOU REDEEM SIR
I hope we’re all referencing the same kitboga moment
Is that from one of these “messing with scammers” videos?
Yeah, I believe Kitboga did this with his voice disguised as an old woman.
BITCH ARE YOU MAD?!?
My favorite is: MA’AM ARE YOU A PROSTITUTE?
its a dangerous virus known as ‘Linux’ which can completely replace your precious Windows installation! be careful, there is a lot of propaganda pushing free (as in communism) software
I once looked at a Linux PC and I couldn’t stop reading Karl Marx ever since.
What is this unfortunate disease called
Communism. You get it automatically from using Linux. Everybody knows that.
Definitely. You should buy Google Play gift cards to pay for his services straight away.
I just recieved an email about how all my computers were hacked/ infected with RATS by clicking on sketchy links and that they had vids of me jerking it to my particularly socially unacceptable kink and that I needed to send 1000$ in btc and they would ‘delete the information pinky promise’ or release the vids
Had to laugh, Im the worst possible target for this kind of phising and ransomware in general for several reasons
- I know enough about computers to know a real ransomeware would lock me out of the computer full stop and probably have some real identifyable info to prove they got me
- Every computer I have is linux OS, not saying its hack proof but most hackers wouldn’t bother knowing linux people take their security seriously enough for it to not be worth the hassle.
- My only webcam has electrical tape over it at all times
- I don’t click on sketchy links, and if I do UBO tells me to gtfo.
- I have no friends and can count my family with half of one hand, nor do I have any social media. I really couldn’t care less if my elderly parents I take care of or distant relatives I haven’t had a conversation with ever know what I jerk off to. Threats to my social life don’t work if I don’t have one lol
- Im 'murican and would rather bin every device on my network and accept the data lost than negotiate with terrorist
#2 is a dangerous assumption!
True! Any hacker that wants into a system and has the skills will usually find a way in. I do my best to set up firewalls and encrypt important stuff but even that wouldn’t be enough if I was seriously targeted personally. I know that.
Kitboga, please relog back to your account.
Curious question, is it “safe” to let them enter into a VM that runs windows? And is there an easy way to record their ip (to hand over to the police)
It’s probably better to get in contact with the people who are professionals at this if you want to help out.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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The problem appears to be connected to your bank account and can only be fixed if you buy some apple gift cards…
All that malware should be running without problems. Wine’s gotten pretty good by now.
Ah yes, I remember back in the day we had to build WINE with unofficial patches to get malware to work. How times have changed.
I still chuckle about the fact that WannaCry the ransomware software has a WineHQ entry
But how’s Siddhartha going to find the Event Viewer!?
I once played along just to waste their time. Got to the point where I had to go to a site and get my IP address.
I told him it was 127.0.0.1, and he just said “I think you be messing with me now sir” and hung up. :D
You could’ve told him your local IP (192.168.(1…255).(1…255)), is completely useless outside your home network but looks real enough.
Anybody with a bit of technical knowledge will recognize a local IP address
A friend’s neighbor just fell for this. She received a call from the “nicest” Microsoft tech and decided she’d let them into her PC. Within 10 minutes after hanging up she received a call from her bank asking if an $800 debit was valid. It took her weeks to clean up the mess.
And you have no Windows VM ready to troll him?
I did the opposite one day when I was bored. Wasted an hour with them and a Linux VM. Think they were the ones that had my Dell service ID for a tablet I previously owned.
Well Manjaro is known for DDOSing the AUR. So there is that
Sounds like you need an anti-wirus
this made me laugh so hard, there is a YT channel that mocks and pranks this scammers and its hilarious.
There’s several of them. Scammer Payback or Kitboga come to mind.
IRLRosie is a good one too
Isn’t she the voice actor?
Also: Jim Browning.