mypccare scam

Interesting. We've had three phone calls from different people local to here, saying that someone phones up saying he's from Microsoft and there's something wrong with their PC. Seems like a persistent guy. The website www.mypccare.info (be careful visiting these kinds of sites: don't do it in IE!) seems at first glance to look legit, but a closer look shows it's pretty shoddy.

Anyway, whois tells me that the domain was registered by Abhishek Jaiswal in Calcutta. Not as UK as that flag on the website suggests then. Googling for the text on the page, shows the exact same quote on a list of similar "support" sites.

The scam is that they try to get you to allow remote access to your computer. People have lost lots of money through these types getting access to their financial information. Be careful out there!

I've been busy-ish

Hi guys, long time no post from me. I've been...well, all over the place...

I'm now mainly involved with a local Internet radio station: Siar FM (we've just recently renamed).

Actually, I'm going to be a guest on a show going out on next week. It's at 11am or 6pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Have a listen! Cool show. A woman from KMUN Astoria, Oregon, was touring through the islands and I suggested she record one of her shows from our wee studio. So it's a mix of Gaelic, Blues and Jazz stuff (with a couple of poems).

Anyway, I'll try and tune in a bit more often, particularly since there's that £100 in the beer fund (at least, I assume that's where the adwords cash goes ;-)