Peddlers of misleading applications, such as rogue antivirus software, are taking their efforts to a whole new level. Symantec recently discovered a company called Online PC Doctors, which is calling computer users with a live telephone agent in an attempt to persuade them that their computer is \u2018infected.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once the agent has convinced a user that their computer is infected, the agent offers to remotely connect to the user\u2019s machine to take a closer look. The agent will then report that they have found a severe malware infection and explain that Online PC Doctors can \u2018fix\u2019 the problem, for a fee. All the user has to do is send an e-mail to Online PC Doctors with all the pertinent payment information, including full credit card details.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Symantec has put together a blog post and video to describe this new scam in greater depth. Both can be viewed here: http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/connect\/blogs\/technical-support-phone-scams<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peddlers of misleading applications, such as rogue antivirus software, are taking their efforts to a whole new level. Symantec recently discovered a company called Online PC Doctors, which is calling computer users with a live telephone agent in an attempt to persuade them that their computer is \u2018infected.\u2019\u00a0 Once the agent has convinced a user<\/p>\n