SCAM

Evidently the call from the Indian gentleman pretending to be from Microsoft was a scam. I lost $650. Somebody who read my blog informed me, and the websites he sent me to exactly reproduced what happened. It was very convincing. I knew about 49% that it was a scam, but their confidence--and the fact that my computer has been running poorly-- gave them that little bit of edge. How did they have so much information about my computer without-- oh, never mind. What's done's done.