I downloaded and ran Malwarebytes a month ago and it did come up with some stuff that I have no idea of so I just let it do its thing. Today I got a popup Microsoft office starter 2010 update message that didn’t look official. It also said “English now available”, what the hell is that?
So I was suspicious and started a Google search of it. Within 5 min. of searching, I got a phone call saying my computer is being hijacked and press a button on the phone now. My search came up with a lot of stuff prior to 2014 some saying it is not from Microsoft while others say press ok. The Office support site said to go into word to check if the update was actually available and it was so I did.
I’m pretty sure that the phone call was triggered from my google search or possibility from one of the sites I opened in the search because the call was on a phone number only listed in the computer. I immediately ran Bitdefender and Malwarebytes not at the same time, but Malwarebytes came up with something and Bitdefender did not.
I wish I was more trusting of Malwarebytes because my trial run was over. This was something I know MacAfee used to do when the renewal was due and then all of a sudden it was stopping a lot of viruses.
So I was suspicious and started a Google search of it. Within 5 min. of searching, I got a phone call saying my computer is being hijacked and press a button on the phone now. My search came up with a lot of stuff prior to 2014 some saying it is not from Microsoft while others say press ok. The Office support site said to go into word to check if the update was actually available and it was so I did.
I’m pretty sure that the phone call was triggered from my google search or possibility from one of the sites I opened in the search because the call was on a phone number only listed in the computer. I immediately ran Bitdefender and Malwarebytes not at the same time, but Malwarebytes came up with something and Bitdefender did not.
I wish I was more trusting of Malwarebytes because my trial run was over. This was something I know MacAfee used to do when the renewal was due and then all of a sudden it was stopping a lot of viruses.