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This is not a legitimate Epson help service - they are in business to plant viruses on your computer, then extort you to pay them money to "fix" the problem. I found their website when I was having trouble with my Epson printer. I thought it was an official Epson site. They listed five fixes for my problem, but their language was vague, so I wrote a message to their live chat. I was asked to call them to speak with a "technician", so I called, and got a very nice sounding guy with a heavy south Asian accent who guided me through a very simple fix for my problem (one of the ones detailed on their site and elsewhere) and the problem was fixed. He then said that the problem was elsewhere, possibly in my printer driver, but in any case he wanted access to my computer remotely to find the problem. I downloaded his connection program and granted him access (yes, foolish me). He went through all kinds of setting in my control panel in an effort to prove to me that my router had a virus and my entire house's "network" was infected (we don't have a networked house). He gave me a long list of general things that needed to be done (wrote them in a word file for me). We were on the phone for over an hour and finally he offered to connect me to another technician, if I could spare another hour or so to help with the items on the list he made. I said I'd talk to the technician, but he then said it would cost $199.95 to do so and to get my computer "fixed" I'd just turn the connection over to them and be given it back when they were done. I said no and we disconnected. It was only when he wanted money, that I recognized I was being bamboozled. So far, I have found no viruses or malware, but he did set my start up to only start in safe mode. That was an easy fix, but, boy, what an utter sleazy thing to do. Stay as far away from this company as possible. And be aware they have many domain names - one for every printer brand out their, and probably many others. If you want further comments on their scams, go to the FTC consumer protection website to see what others say about them.
23 septembre 2018
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