Yeah, it sounds like a scam. This is what they do now. I tried to go to a blog I frequent the other day, and typed the url in wrong by mistake (what? I'm old-school and still dial peoples' phone numbers too. :D). A mysterious electronic voice announced that my computer was sending out "virus reports" and that my credit card was compromised, or some bs like that. It's so bogus, but I've seen first-hand that it still scares people into calling the number, or downloading the software, etc. I used to get calls on my old landline claiming to be from "windows technical department", too, asserting that my computer was sending out "virus" and "error" signals. I've looked into this scam and it operates exactly as described in a previous message here. Actually first they make you look at event viewer and a bunch of other stuff in Windows and convince you there are problems. Next step: download Team Viewer, so a "technician" can remotely operate your machine. Next step: straight to PayPal.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Judy Jones Sent: February 1, 2018 11:27 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Virus Warning I would get a second opinion on that. Judy -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of jyandt.mar...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 5:24 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Virus Warning Follow Up on the previous message. I found out how to get the information. It was in Windows Defender. Now, my question has changed. How do I quarantine a virus in Defender? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: jyandt.mar...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:18 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Virus Warning Morning all. Using Jaws 2018 and Windows 10 on a dell laptop, has anyone ever gotten a message from “Microsoft” stating something about a virus? The voice on the message was feminine, and British. And it gave a toll free number to call, or it will disable my laptop. It said something about sending my information to an unknown IP address. Unfortunately, mornings for us are at best hectic and I was not able to determine whether it was credible or not. I also would like to know of there is a way to get previous notifications regarding issues such as this. Thanks in advance Jerry For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
