viruses – Startupware: Managing Startups https://www.startupware.com Autorunning Software & Running a Software Business Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:49:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Phone Call from Microsoft India. Oops. NOT! https://www.startupware.com/field-reports/phone-call-from-microsoft-india-no-i-mean-microsoft-oops/ Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:49:12 +0000 https://www.startupware.com/?p=1243 Apparently international phone calls now cost nothing. And labor is effectively free, too.
So when Microsoft called... Well, maybe when I got the call from India that said it was from Microsoft, telling me about all the viruses in my computer, I answered the call. And wasted his time. When they call you, hang up. Don't try this stuff at home.

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]]> Apparently international phone calls now cost nothing. And labor is effectively free, too.
So when Microsoft called… Well, maybe when I got the call from India that said it was from Microsoft, telling me about all the viruses in my computer, I answered the call. And wasted his time. When they call you, hang up. Don’t try this stuff at home.

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