Army of Bots Sent to Destroy Army of Windows Support Scammers

The growing army of Windows support scammers might soon have to fight against what it could be its fiercest rival: an army of bots whose purpose is to keep them busy 24/7.

If you’re a tech-savvy computer user, you probably know how tech support scammers try to steal people’s money: they start random calls pretending to be working for Microsoft and warning of infections that need to be removed as soon as possible.

Obviously, they’re asking for a fee to do the whole thing remotely, only to deploy malware and then ask for more money to clean the system.

Unfortunately, tech support scams have grown a lot lately even though Microsoft and other tech companies warn users not to pay for alleged computer repairs offered by unknown people over the phone.

But it’s this growth what convinced a skilled programmer to create an army of bots to fight the scammers, and there’s hope that most operators would be kept so busy over the coming months that fewer people would actually b...