When someone from India cold calls you and says you have a problem with your "dextop" computer. They use scare tactics, such as the Event Viewer (eventvwr) and the Tree command in Command Prompt to try and convince you that you have a "wirus" on your "dextop." They ask you to pay a large sum of money for the "fixes," and if you don't pay, they try to put syskey on your computer, which locks you out of your computer. Popular topic for Youtubers and pranksters.
A spin-off Youtube live stream show made by a member of the Buddhism Hotline Rajeev Kapoor. The show focuses on helping callers with tech support. Like the Buddhism Hotline, it gets trolled by prank calls.
some random guy (usually from india) calls you saying you have a problem with your computer blah blah blah, then tells you that they will show you the problem and how to fix it (a way to let them hack your computer tricking you into thinking that there's problems and then takes you money to fix nothing. they are usually a target of trolling forYouTubers and people that are just bored
tech support scammer: hello theres a problem with your computer we need to fix it give us admin crap on your computer
When an issue in a computer seems to be fixed when you are on the phone with tech support, but as soon as you are off the phone, the issue comes back full fledged.
Britney: Is your computer fixed?
Alyssa: No, its acting weird still.
Britteny: Wasn't it working when you were on the phone with John before today?
Alyssa: Yes, but its not working anymore. It stopped working as soon as we hung up.
Britteny: I guess your computer has tech support syndrome.
Alyssa: Yeah.