Originally Posted By: Dignan
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I do have some fun stories from my years of doing this kind of work. I also have some mildly depressing ones, like the email I received from a client today. Here's the gist: I got a message on my computer saying I needed to call this number, so I did. I let them into my computer and they showed me all these problems. They said I should sign up for ongoing support from them, which I negotiated down to $450.

I'm going out to her home on Monday morning to remove whatever stuff these vultures put on her computer...
Perhaps you need a sticker placed on the monitors of such clients, reminding them that they already have a trustworthy guy for computer support!

Honestly, I would do my best to lock down such (naive?) clients machines so they could not allow remote access from untrusted third parties without your involvement/permission. Or get them off Windows entirely...