original title: www.onlinepcmasters.comI had a call from someone saying they were from Microsoft calling about the errors on my operating system. www.onlinepcmasters.com - is this a scam?

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:39:01 +0000, gillianbpcba wrote:I had a call from someone saying they were from Microsoft calling about the errors on my operating system.  www.onlinepcmasters.com - is this a scam?It is very definitely a scam, and the caller was not from Microsoft.They never make such calls.Ken Blake (MS MVP)

From the MS Security Tips & Talk blog - Don’t fall for phony phone tech supportMicrosoft will not make unsolicited phone calls to help you with your computer. If you receive a phone call like this,hang up.onlinepcmasters.com has yet to be classified as a malicious site. Here's the information on who owns it, when it was registered, where it's located, etc:http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois/?tool_id=66&token=&toolhandler_redirect=0&ip=www.onlinepcmasters.com+You can be the first to submit feedback on the "trustworthiness" of that site here - http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/www.onlinepcmasters.comMowGreen Update Services - Consumer Security

yes most likely is a scam if somone calls you its a scam if you get a pop up window when your surfing the web saying your computer is infected, its a scam not to mention a virus to make your computer stop working so they can pursuade you to buy their product to fix your computer