![]() ![]() Scammers posing as IT departments, telecoms providers and banks are tricking victims into relinquishing control of their devices to hack into their accounts and steal sensitive data. One of the worst cases we came across resulted in a Which? member losing £80,000 after a 'BT engineer' phoned about service problems in the area. ![]() Her bank eventually agreed to refund the money but other victims of remote access fraud have been told their banks will not cover losses if they give access to their devices. Impersonation fraud shot up by 84% in the first half of 2020, with almost 15,000 reports and £58m lost, according to UK Finance. At a more granular level, Action Fraud says that it has received14,893 'computer software service fraud' reports between October 2019 and September 2020, with reported losses reaching around £16.5 million over that period. Yet the use of remote access software is not very well known - our survey of the general public in September 2020 found that four in 10 people have never heard of it, even though we had explained how these tools are misused by scammers to gain access to devices. Your data will be processed in accordance with our Privacy policy This newsletter delivers free money-related content, along with other information about Which? Group products and services. ![]() Remote access software enables you to use one device to access another from any location by downloading a smartphone app or installing a program on your computer. A simple passcode will then connect the two devices.Īlthough many legitimate businesses use this technology, including the Which? Tech Support team, criminals also use it for nefarious purposes. Typically, you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from a known company (commonly impersonated firms include Amazon, BT and Microsoft), in which they try to convince you to grant them access to your device, claiming they will fix a spurious problem.Īction Fraud recently reported that an Amazon Prime scam involving remote access software has cost victims over £400,000 in two months. IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 Review at a Glance.IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 Review at a Glanceĭownload IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15. ![]() IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 is a powerful and full-scale software for PC security and performance. Based on the new Bitdefender antivirus engine, as well as the privacy protection and PC optimization utility Advanced SystemCare 15 Pro, IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 offers ultimate protection against security threats and provides the 1-click approach to achieve top PC performance. The new Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 has diversified its software database and users can update their software with just a single click, making software updating fast and easy so as to avoid threats brought by such security holes. Moreover, Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 now supports unignoring the ignored items and managing more startup items for faster boot time. Together with the enhanced Registry Clean will bring a cleaner PC with greater speed and more memory. With the much bigger antivirus database, IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 15 helps you remove more security threats. ![]()
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