UNHAPPY. :-(
House phone rang this AM...
I was not home...
I was driving to work...just me and my headache...
ANYWAY, the caller:
CLAIMED to be from Microsoft....
CLAIMED information from our home network was being broadcast on the internet...
CLAIMED to be calling to walk through a fix...
WANTED info from certain entries in the Application Event Log...
CLAIMED he’d work in parallel with info at a page on support.jimdo.com...
NEITHER of my older boys were suspicious enough of any of this to hold ANY cards close to the vest. As SON #1 is sitting, reading Event Log Warnings to the caller, my YOUNGER son FINALLY decided this was odd, and called my cell to let me know...
“HEADACHE” elevates to ECONO-SIZED MIGRAINE status...
Had the boys shut off my NAS to secure the “vault.”
Had the main house computer shut off to secure most important email.
Had the boys get a call-back number from the guy (he actually left one)...
So much for my weekend...
Oh, dear. That sounds extremely unpleasant.
Kids can’t be blamed. Poor guys. They will be more aware next time, whether it’s your computer or theirs in the near/far future.
Dang migraines. No red wine and no cheese for you for the duration!
Ice packs, anyone?
Great!
Sounds like someone was warjacking you.
And went to the added length of getting your home number.