lew247
10-09-2010, 17:08
I had Virgin broadband and telephone installed again about a month ago after a couple of years away from them.
New telephone number, I didnt keep the old one.
yesterday I get a phone call on this new number that NOBODY has yet, not even my gf who lives with me here, asking is this mr... (me)
I said yes and this person with a VERY strong Indian type accent who could barely speak english tried to tell me she was from Virgin, I've downloaded something dodgy online and she needs me to set my computer up so she can fix it for me
I told her in no uncertain terms EXACTLY where to go, and I do mean exactly, and if she wasn't english then she may not have quite understood, but thats her problem
WHat on earth is Vrigin upto? trying to gain access to MY computer, passing MY private telephone number onto some ****** cr@ppy dodgy service trying to scare me into thinking that I have a problem with my computer?
I'm a computer engineer, I work with then all day and half the night, I know for a fact there is not one piece of malware on my computer at all.
It is my highest priority to keep it infection free, I spend a LOT of time sorting other peoples computers out that have been infected so I know what damage it can do/does
So I am VERY careful to have my viruscan (a very expensive good one) up to date, and it updates at least every day, sometimes as much as 4 or 5 times in the day and my firewall is set so nobody can gain access without me knowing it or allowing it.
WHat on earth are they up to? If I had been anyone else I probably would have let them have access and god only knows what they would have done, or gone nosing through.
What happened to data protection and not passing your details onto other companies?
or is it legal now to try scare tactics to "have a nose through" my computer and possibly put god knows what software tracking, malware who knows what on there
The caller either was from Virgin, or directly associated with Virgin as NOBODY but Virgin knows I have this telephone, and my name isnt that common so the chances of dialling a number and guessing a name at random is VERY unlikely.
Arghh SO annoyed.
So much so that I'm thinking of calling them and telling them exactly where to shove their contract and services.
New telephone number, I didnt keep the old one.
yesterday I get a phone call on this new number that NOBODY has yet, not even my gf who lives with me here, asking is this mr... (me)
I said yes and this person with a VERY strong Indian type accent who could barely speak english tried to tell me she was from Virgin, I've downloaded something dodgy online and she needs me to set my computer up so she can fix it for me
I told her in no uncertain terms EXACTLY where to go, and I do mean exactly, and if she wasn't english then she may not have quite understood, but thats her problem
WHat on earth is Vrigin upto? trying to gain access to MY computer, passing MY private telephone number onto some ****** cr@ppy dodgy service trying to scare me into thinking that I have a problem with my computer?
I'm a computer engineer, I work with then all day and half the night, I know for a fact there is not one piece of malware on my computer at all.
It is my highest priority to keep it infection free, I spend a LOT of time sorting other peoples computers out that have been infected so I know what damage it can do/does
So I am VERY careful to have my viruscan (a very expensive good one) up to date, and it updates at least every day, sometimes as much as 4 or 5 times in the day and my firewall is set so nobody can gain access without me knowing it or allowing it.
WHat on earth are they up to? If I had been anyone else I probably would have let them have access and god only knows what they would have done, or gone nosing through.
What happened to data protection and not passing your details onto other companies?
or is it legal now to try scare tactics to "have a nose through" my computer and possibly put god knows what software tracking, malware who knows what on there
The caller either was from Virgin, or directly associated with Virgin as NOBODY but Virgin knows I have this telephone, and my name isnt that common so the chances of dialling a number and guessing a name at random is VERY unlikely.
Arghh SO annoyed.
So much so that I'm thinking of calling them and telling them exactly where to shove their contract and services.