When it comes to trusting online support for IT help, be careful. We’ll cover how hackers are now posing as fake IT support sites to infect PCs as we sit down and sync up with Rocket IT’s weekly technology update.

In this episode, you’ll hear more about:

• How hackers are posing as fake IT support sites to infect PCs with malware.
• Fraudulent YouTube videos and websites promoting a fix for a common Windows error.
• The Windows error 0x80070643 caused by a conflict between BitLocker and a Windows update.
• How Windows displayed an incorrect error code instead of the actual issue.
• How hackers use SEO tactics and YouTube to spread fake fixes.
• The PowerShell scripts used in these fake fixes to install malware.
• The types of data the malware can steal.
• The importance of verifying sources for tech support.