[ale] Remote Tech Support

[Rev. Johnny Healey]

It opens up the run dialog. They convince people to run the built in
windows event viewer.  Needless to say, there are tons of meaningless
errors reported on pretty much every windows machine, but it looks scary to
people who don't know any better.

-Johnny


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> HA!
>
> OK. what does ctrl, windows and R do on winders?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Robert L. Harris <
> robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> True story, happened to me Tuesday, we're still laughing.
>>
>> I'm standing in the break room chatting with some co-workers over lunch.
>>  My phone rings with an unknown 800 # so I step out to take the call.
>>
>> When I answer the phone I am greeted by "Steve from Computer Technical
>> Systems" in a very thick accent.  He is informing me he is calling because
>> he sees many red alarms going off on their monitoring and he thinks my
>> computer is being hacked.  I ask him to repeat himself and he does.  "Steve
>> hold on a sec, I need to get a pen" I say as I put the phone on mute and
>> walk back into the break room.  Quickly hushing the co-workers I put the
>> phone speaker and unmute.
>>
>> Me:  Ok, Steve so I can make sure I have this right, can you repeat what
>> you said?
>> Steve:  Yes, I'm from Computer Technical Services and your computer is
>> alarming telling us you are being hacked.
>> * My co-workers have a blank stare
>> Me: Is this my home computer or work computer?
>> Steve: Your Windows OS computer
>> Me: OK, what can I do?
>> Steve:  Ok, Can you see the back of your computer?  Look for a light next
>> to a cable going into the back of the computer. Do you see one flashing?
>> Me ( Still in the break room ) : Yeah I see it,  what's it mean?
>> Steve:  Yeah, if it's flashing, that means they are trying to break into
>> your computer
>> Me: Oh crap.  What do I need to do?
>> * Co-workers are snickering
>> Steve: Ok, I can walk you through how to lock them out and protect your
>> stuff.
>> Me: Alright, lets do it
>> Steve: On your keyboard, do you see the key with C T R and L on it?
>>  Press that and the key with the 4 little squares that look like the
>> Windows Logo.
>> Me: OK, got those 2, now what?
>> Steve: Press "R"
>> Me: OK, did it..  I don't see anything
>> Steve:  Are you sure you're pushing the right ones?
>> Me:  Yup, the CTRL, Windows and R keys.  Nothing happens.  Hey,  does
>> this work in Linux?
>> Steve:  You're running windows?
>> Me: Yes, of course
>> Steve:  <Click>
>> Room of Co-workers start laughing
>>
>>
>> --
>> :wq!
>>
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>> Robert L. Harris
>>
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