Don't Let This New Windows Tech Support Scam Fool You

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Forbes - 3/13/2017 - Lee Mathews - One easy way to quickly detect a Windows tech support scam is to look at the domain name that appears in the address bar of your browser. If you're being told that Microsoft has found a problem on your computer and the address says something confusing like originifitsnormalpro.xys, you can be pretty sure someone's trying to scam you. When the scammers go full screen on you -- as they do in a new campaign Microsoft is warning Windows users about -- things get a little more complicated. At first glance, everything seems legit: the browser has that reassuring green button at the left that indicates the web page is secure and belongs to Microsoft. The address bar reads support.microsoft.com. The scary alert pop-up even shows "https://support.microsoft.com/ says:" at the top. Read more @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews ... 1117715095