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  1. I was stupid. I wish I could blame it on my wife, but (alas) I should had KNOWN better. My wife gave me a message that while I was out, someone from Microsoft called to say that they are receiving a large volume of "errors" from our PC. I assumed they meant our home PC (4 year old Dell w/Vista Home PC). The computer has multiple issues including IE crashing upon launching, so it seemed feasible that they would call (dumby me). Well I called them yesterday, and allowed "them" to connect to our PC with TeamViewer. I watched as they looked at Windows error logs, and then loaded an "anti-virus" program. It started scanning and then she connected me to a "technican" and a chat box opened up. She said to enter my name, phone number and email address to register with the support technician. At this point I was highly suspicious and shut down the computer, and hung up. I'm sure it was all a scam (and SHAME on me for falling for it after being involved with IT stuff ssince 1982!!!) Anyway, I disconnected the computer from the Internet and booted her up (Vista Home Premium). Nothing apparently amiss. I ran the MalwareBytes program (quick and full scans). No malicious files detected. I checked McAfee Anti-virus Plus, computer is "protected). I then connected back to the Internet, updated Malware Bytes , disconnected and repeated the quick/full scans. All clean. Right now I am performing a full scan with McAfee ANti-virus Plus (60% done - no problems). My question is if both Malware Bytes and McAfee come back clean, is the computer OK? Fortunately this is our family computer, so nothing really critical on it. No tax info, etc. But still..... I worry. I could take it to Geek Squad and get it flushed again (maybe upgrade to Win 7 Home which I was considering doing anyway... Opinions? Thanks, Jim
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