{"id":728,"date":"2016-01-06T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2016-01-06T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T20:29:11","slug":"wanna-have-some-fun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Wanna have some fun?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSo today one of my users got this pop-up in IE11.
\nThe pop-up says that they are infected and needed to call the phone number listed right away.<\/p>\n

The phone number that my pop-up showed was (888) 479-3640.<\/p>\n

Once I called the number the guy told me that my entire network was infected and that I needed him to clean the network and all workstations.
\nI calmly asked him for the physical address of his location so that I could mail him a check for his services.
\nHe refused to give me his location and told me that it was against policy.<\/p>\n

These types of pop-up scams are very common on the internet.\u00a0 They try to get you to call and take control of your PC.\u00a0 Once they do that, they will infect your PC with malware or other bogus software.<\/p>\n

Let’s have some fun with them… shall we?
\nIf you can establish a reverse connection, like from your machine to theirs, let me know… I’ll buy you a pizza!\u00a0 (you will need to prove it)<\/p>\n

Happy Hunting!<\/p>\n

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So today one of my users got this pop-up in IE11. The pop-up says that they are infected and needed to call the phone number listed right away. The phone number that my pop-up showed was (888) 479-3640. Once I called the number the guy told me that my entire…<\/p>\n

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