Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

Microsoft is again warning Internet users of a sophisticated scam, with the company most notably discussing tech support scams. In this particular type of scam, a caller will be informed of an ...

The current phone scam employs similar tricks to that of a fake antivirus software scam, also known as scareware, circulating the Internet. Microsoft said that the live phone version of the scam ...

Cutting corners: Amazon and Microsoft have collaborated with India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to bust fake tech support centers that affected over 2,000 of their customers, mainly in the ...

In brief: The web is populated with popup 'virus alerts' urging people to call the included phone numbers so the issues can be fixed. Tech-savvy users know these are scams, most of which originate ...

An installer purporting to be Microsoft Security Essentials is malware that can lead to a support call scam. Malware that uses a fake but realistic looking Windows message to convince users it’s a ...

Criminals are a tricky bunch. One of their favorite scams targets those who own a computer, but lack any real technical knowledge other than how to browse the Web. The scam starts with a call that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer scam that imitates Microsoft customer support locks the screen on your device and instructs you to call a phone number.

On Friday night, Microsoft sent notification emails to an unknown number of its individual email users—across Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail—warning them about a data breach. Between January 1 and March 28 ...