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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Norodix@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I once played along just to waste their time. Got to the point where I had to go to a site and get my IP address.

I told him it was 127.0.0.1, and he just said "I think you be messing with me now sir" and hung up. :D

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You could've told him your local IP (192.168.(1..255).(1..255)), is completely useless outside your home network but looks real enough.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Anybody with a bit of technical knowledge will recognize a local IP address