More and more people are reporting that they have received bogus support calls out of the blue offering a free security check of their home PC. The problem is that the call often involves the caller asking you to install software that gives them remote access to your PC. This opens the door for malware infection, data loss and fake anti-virus scams.Listen to this great podcast by Sophos experts Paul Ducklin and Sean Richmond where they discuss the problem, and how you can avoid falling for the scam yourself.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/study-reveals-scale-of-fake-tech-support-call-scams/