Looking to speed up your computer? Be careful of these guys!
As mentioned in a previous blog post about speeding up your computer, many people in North America have been receiving telephone calls (sometimes on a daily basis) from people advertising themselves as security experts.
Victims would get a call from someone claiming to be a computer repairman (and this person will most likely have a heavy accent). Once you pick up, there will be a slight pause as they connect you with a “technician”, who will then start asking you to run various system programs.
The end result is this company will fool you into downloading a computer program, and then making you pay for it.
The bright side? This company has been fined in Canada for violating something called the “Do Not Call List”.
In Canada, anyone can ask their telephone provider to be placed on a “Do Not Call List.” This means that telemarketers are not allowed to call you.
If they do call you, the can be fined.
The federal regulator in Canada says two software companies based in India were making unsolicited telemarketing calls from Canadian numbers to Canadians who had registered their phone numbers on the national do-not-call list.
One of the companies has been fined $495,000, while the other has been fined $12,000.
Victory! Or is it?
The problem is that both companies are located in India (the Canadian regulator is located in, of course, Canada). However Interpol and the local Indian regulator have promised to work together to ensure both companies pay the Canadian fine.
If you want speed up your computer, try giving PC TuneUp Maestro a try.