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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Norodix@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

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[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 33 points 10 months ago

And you have no Windows VM ready to troll him?

[-] Norodix@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

No, this is the first time something like this happened to me. i dont even get it. In my country mostly young people speak english. Isnt the target demographic the elderly?

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

Young people can (and often are) just as tech illiterate as the elderly. Just because you grew up with an iPad in your hands doesn't mean you understand computers.

[-] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago

From my observations, it's even worse. I

[-] original2@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oh for sure ... I (18m) helped out teaching product design at my school last year (a class of 12 year olds). When asked to open an app, many of them searched it up on google or didnt know how. We gave them the name if the app and only about 2/30 people

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago
[-] yoz@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago

Sounds like someone from your country is selling your data to India.

[-] mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

I did the opposite one day when I was bored. Wasted an hour with them and a Linux VM. Think they were the ones that had my Dell service ID for a tablet I previously owned.

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