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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Norodix@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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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?

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[โ€“] westyvw@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There was a good version of windows 7 set up for this. Command prompts wouldn't work right, and really messed with them if you gave then access.

I let one in once and managed to reverse the remote desktop and took over their computer.

That was fun.

[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Fucking with scammers is a public service.