[aklug] Re: anyone familiar with pcwizards?

On 04/19/2012 07:08 PM, Bruce Hill wrote:
> Has anyone on the list heard of this company:
>
> http://www.onlinepcwizards.com/?&pr=us
>
> I haven't even gone past the first page of an ixquick search, but thought I'd
> as here. There is a customer who brought me his laptop which has been trashed,
> with good a-v/spyware software running. I'll have to look more tomorrow, but a
> quick browse through the quarantine shows a lot of trojans were stopped and
> deleted.
>
> Apparently he talked with these people on the telephone after clicking some
> link. All he can tell me is they said his computer has some error and they can
> fix it. He can't tell me the error, or if it was fixed ... just showed me
> three emails he had with them, including the $149 charge.

Oops. Sounds like one of the PC repair scams - they click the button,
"oh noes! your computer is GOING TO DIE! QUICK, GIVE US MONEY!" and
then the "fun" begins.

Not familiar with this them specifically, but I suspect it stinks on dry
ice.

R.
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Received on Thu Apr 19 23:53:30 2012