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Does webroot protect against virus ?

  • October 28, 2014
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I have received phone calls on my home phone stating that they are from microsoft and that my computer is infected with a nasty virus that needs to be taken care of right away.

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nic
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  • Retired Webrooter
  • October 28, 2014
Those message are from scammers - if your Webroot scan is telling you that it hasn't found anything, then you are safe.  Don't give any money or access to your computer to those scammers as they are not well intentioned.

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  • Fresh Face
  • October 28, 2014
Thank You for the info.

nic
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  • Retired Webrooter
  • October 28, 2014
You're very welcome!  You can also report these sort of scams to the FTC or your phone company.  They are trying to work on getting them shut down permanently:
http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2011/06/13/report-the-microsoft-phone-scam/