the super key + R key scam

[Eric Oyen]

heheh.
I keep getting calls from places like "windows tech support", Log me in and others. None of these are legitimate, but I do like to play along.

I especially like it when I can punk the windows tech support people. I even have a windows vmware partition I can activate and park on the DMZ for my router. Then I can see how it is they do their thing. SInce I don't have a Logmein account, the telephone "support" person gets frustrated and starts cussing at me. At that point, I tell them "thanks for confirming that you are not a professional. You have been punked. have a nice day!". such times are priceless. :)

-eric

On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:03 AM, Michael Havens wrote:

> awwwwwws... no one ever calls me!
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, they called me as well a few months ago when they were still using a different remote-login program that, incidentally, had some known vulnerabilities that would let the client take control of the host.  So I led them on for about 40 minutes and never once mentioned that I was running Linux.  40 minutes was enough time to spin up a fake windows VM and install the exploited client binary on.  Combine that with a .bat file that  B) issues a force-delete on C:\ and it took them about 2 months before they tried calling me again, by then they had changed their remote agent to logmein.  LogMeIn has some known vulnerabilities, but I haven't found one that will let me take control of their "agent's" computer.
> They still call from time to time.  I usually just do something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFWeoxrhbE8 and hang up, but if anyone finds a admin-level reverse session exploit for LogMeIn, lemme know. . .next bozo who calls I'm gonna install a keylogger and then write a script that parses their identity-theft-related information out and emails the victim and the FTC notifying them as soon as it gets typed in via email or text if such contact info is available.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:16 PM, David Lopez <lopezdavid123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> all
> 
> i had a call saying my computer was spewing confidential data all over the net, or at least to this guys computer. he said to prove it, log in to my computer and press the windows key plus the R key. well, well, the conversation went down from there... total scam. 
> 
> at any rate, on my ubuntu box, if i press the window key for a couple of seconds, a new wiindow pops up with a handy key shortcuts. but now on rev. 1410, it also overlays a small icon over the left hand icons starting from the second icon to the 12th icon. the overlay is simply a number '1' to '9' followed by a zero, then 'd'. anybody know why?
> 
> david
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> David López
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