security help

[suarezlfc]

hi guys ive just had a random phonecall suppoedly from windows security centre saying that my computer has a hacking virus in it,they then quoted me a certain sum of money to sort the problem out,my computer is running fine to me a have microsft essentials on my computer and nothing is being flagged up,is there anyway i can check so my computer is ok? could this be a con to get money out of me? any help would be appreciated

[Jelly Bean]

This is a con,its dodgey,do not give them any money at all or you could loose wll your personal data.

Please visit the security section of the forum and run the software and post results here on your thread.

 

I also advise people if they use social networking sites please HIDE your phone numbers,email adress etc as this is how these hackers get you personal data.Do this with MSN,Yahoo and other communication software that you use.

 

JB.

[Starbuck]

Hi suarezlfc

 

The chances are that there's no malware on your system.

As JB stated, this is a con.

For your own peace of mind by all means run the scans as outlined here:

http://extremetechsupport.com/threads/10689-Before-posting-for-Malware-Removal-help.

and we'll check the reports for you.

[suarezlfc]

Hi guys i found out that this was a con,i ran malware scan and everything was fine,that was then! My computer has now completely crashed,i have posted in malware section if anybody could help me i would realy appreciate it