AL scammers use Quick Assist to access your PC

Microsoft has warned about a new type of tech-support scam where fraudsters use the Quick Assist tool to offer help. Built into Windows, Quick Assist lets you connect remotely to another computer to give or receive help. In the scam cybercriminals contact you by phone or email posing as support staff from a major tech company, such as Google or Microsoft. They then persuade you to give them access via Quick Assist to fix what they claim is an urgent problem. But rather than helping you they inst...