Gosport Computer Store

A customer of mine has just been phoned up with a variation of the microsoft scam. This scam entails you being phoned up and told that they are from Microsoft and they ask you to type a few things into the COMMAND prompt to 'prove' they are from microsoft. They say you have been infected with the HEART BLEED problem, and that you are vulnerable. Do not believe them. Put the phone down. You on a laptop or computer, running Windows XP, 2000,V ista, 7 or 8 cannot have a HEART BLEED problem. The next part of this scam is that they ask you to give them remote access to your computer. This is something you should never do, unless you have met an engineer from the firm that are proposing this. You do not know who is accessing your computer, and what information they can get from it. If in doubt, make a quick call to myself on 07716010569, or to the police on 111 to verify if this is a scam. Always remember, only allow a person you have met on your computer remotely.