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Fulton County Authorities Warn of Computer Scam
The Fulton County Sheriffs Department is investigating a scam involving computers, and how people may be trying to hack into them to get personal information.

Sheriffs Deputies say they've received complaints from residents that someone's been calling them, claiming to be from Microsoft.

They say the person on the phone claims that computer logs indicate they have a virus, and that the computer owner needs to go to a website called ammyy.com, download a program, and given them the I.D. information so they can log into the computer and fix it.

While the website is for a common program providing remote P.C. access, that's not the way it's supposed to be used, and could allow hackers to get your personal information and passwords.

Sheriffs deputies say Microsoft would never call someone about a virus, and that you should never download any programs or install remote access software unless you trust the person telling you to do so.

And besides, experts would say that if you have current virus protection software on your computer, chances are you wouldn't have a virus anyway.
07 15 11 by Newsroom
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