same as above. Though I did let him  walk me through the diagnosis of Event Viewer and when I saw all the error messages and warning lines, I did wonder what that was . Any ideas?

Report these leaches. They prey on the elderly and feeble minded. If they answered a call back it would be appropriate to blast an air horn into the phone!  So much for do not call lists.

Just got two calls this evening fro the number.  Nobody picked up on their end the first time.  It rang again 20 minutes later and some guy with a very thick Indian accent picked up.

He hung up the phone when I requested that I be removed from their calling list.

What a lovely dinner time surprise...

Calling the number back to complain resulted in the infamous "double busy signal," with the "the number you reach cannot be dialed" lady...

As all other reports. I received a number of calls saying my computer was running slow and was about to crash. The caller asked me to follow some steps to assist in solving the problem. When told I thought this was a scam and asked to talk to his supervisor he just kept up with his story not listening to me. He said he was in Boston.  I agree with Dammitall above. I'd even provide the gators.

They have called me 5 times today and left voicemails that say nothing. Ridiculous.

"Allen" (thick subcontinental accent) from "PC Protect" called to tell me I have a problem with my computer.  I told him not to call again.  He has called every 45 minutes since then, for a total of 5 times so far today.  I have reported to donotcall.gov each of the 5 times and encourage others to do so.

"Allen" from "PC Protect" has called 5 times today, 45 minutes apart.  I answered the first time and asked them not to call again, which generally works with the bogus charities that call, but not with these folks.  Don't bother answering, just block them and report them to donotcall.gov.  

Have received 5 calls from these people today. Not very smart, insist it is no scam, gave me the name of PC Protect as well. I am in the IT field so know that this is not legit. Did enjoy messing with them but after 5 calls I'm done, plus it is interrupting me watching basketball.

I just got a call from 857-366-7172, which came up with a caller ID of Cambridge.  The gentleman had a thick indian accent, and claimed that they just got a report from my computer that it has viruses, so he was calling up to assist.  I asked him what company he represents, and he said it was PC Protect Services.  I asked his name, which he said was Steve Jones.  I told him that there isn't any problem with my computer, and he insisted on letting me show him, which he could do remotely.  I told him that I know this is a scam, and that he should remove me from his call list, and he insisted that it wasn't a scam.  I told him I was politely going to hang up.  Ugh.

Report these guys immediately to the FCC if you are on the Do Not Call Registry (go to fcc.gov). If the folks above had, there wouldn't be entries from TWO YEARS AGO. What really concerns me is that it looks like they are targeting seniors; I can't help but wonder if they bought a phone list from AARP.

This number kept calling me.  There is a live person.  I knew that it was the tech scam that was going around.  First time was a man with a heavy Indian accent.  I didn't answer it the next time and they called right back.  I told them to take my number off their list.  They called again.  I have an air horn app on my phone. He just kept talking so I  shared the very loud horn with him.  They waited a few days and kept calling again.  They will get the air horn every time they call.  Maybe eventually they will stop.  

Pity there isn't a button on the phone to explode their headset. This is the 4th time they have called wasting my time and previously my cellphone minutes. Probably a scam.

I just called the number and got a busy signal. I called it again and got the message, "The number you dialed is not a working number, please check the number and dial again"...and then the same message following that one, but in Spanish.

These fools don't give up even though I have called them nasty names, told them I was contacting authorities and the attorney general of my state,. etc. As if I know about them today but tomorrow, I will forget they are low-life scammers.?
The call came in from "Boston", likely another fake location. It would be fine with me if these SOB's died a miserable death by man-eating alligators.  

all as above just hung up

This guy named Alex was asking me over and over again if I had a computer and that if I do, I have an infecton..Very suspicious humon being ..Sounds like he's calling from China.. He wouldnt tell me his company name...

I received a call today from a woman with a heavy Indian accent calling herself Alex Smith from Windows Tech Support.  We were instantly suspicious and did not give out any information.  She did not mention The Tech Care to us.  Looks  like this scam has been going on for a while.

A man with an Indian accent (said his name was Neil Johnson) called and said my computer was going to crash.  I asked his name and phone number for where he is and what number I could use to check him out.  He gave me 857.366.7172 in Boston, MA.

They are still at it.  The MIL got two calls from Brad Korr that her computer had been "Hacked".  One was a message, the call back number was 857-366-7172   They wanted to try to talk her through fixing it. Luckily she declined and called us.  How can these folks not be shut down by now. They have been doing this for over a year!!!!  The message was hard to understand but it was from the somthing support dept.

got the same call from austin jones claiming he was with microsoft

Austin Jones tried to  scam me last week. Claimed he was with microsoft and my software warning system was expiring............................................................

Received call 10/18/2012 from 857 366-7172 caller with East Indian accent. He told me that they were able to detect problem software on my windows operating  system and said they would be able to help me fix it and wanted to know if I was on my computer right now. I said no, and that I had to go to work,could I call them back. At first he said no he would call me back. I said no it would be better if I called him back. He gave me the number which I assumed would be a fake. but it looks like from another report it's at least the same number.
I have a mac, so I knew it was a scam.

Told me they could see infections on my computer.  He had a thick Indian accent and said his name was Dan Cooper.  Asked for  his number  which he gave as 857.366.7172.  Said they were called The Tech Care located in Boston, Ma  Asked for street address which he gave at 53 Boston Street.  He hung up when I asked for the zip code.

rcvd call from brad stating the exact thing stated above about micorsoft and cleaning my computer.. jerk gave me this number 857-366-7172 and call froom 253-820-3089 wow what a scammmm beware.

got a call from this number. "andy" said my computor had malware and that it had high credit infections, and that he needed to access my computor to clean it, he said I should not touch my computor or it would crash. it hasnt crashed yet.

I just received a call from Jacob, again with an Indian accent and said he was from Microsoft.  He wanted me to search my computer and run some program.  He gave me this number to call back when I said I would have my boyfriend look at my computer.  I didn't stay on the phone long enough to talk about anything else.

Call from Alex reporting that my computer was about to crash. I decided to check to see if there were other reports and here there are.

I received a called from this number. The caller name was Austin Jone. He had an heavy indian accent. He explained me that my computer was infest and ready to crash. He asked me 150.00$ to clean up the Microsoft  system. What is that joke?

Received phone call from 857-366-7172.  The caller had a heavy Indian accent identified himself as working for Microsoft and told me that my computer was ready to crash.  I was then transferred to his supervisor, Sylvestor,  who explained that their services would be $150 for them to clean
up Microsoft.

This person, named Alex,  called an elderly friend of mine claiming there was something wrong with her computer. He asked her to log on but she had trouble doing so so the phone call didn't last much longer. I tried calling the number back but got no answer. It sounds like a scam artist, preying on old people....creep.