Cold-call scam attempts to trick users into thinking their PC has a fault, sells them a “solution”. Here’s a recording.

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The original link was: https://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9637000/9637033.stm

More and more people are facing calls from companies claiming falsely that their computer is infected by a virus.

Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones had one such call and outlines how the scam works and how to avoid it.

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