Microsoft is not going to call you

The scam of the week involves people claiming to be representatives from Microsoft cold calling people with offers of free technical support help.  After getting unsuspecting victims to believe that their computers are infected, the scammers then convince the victims to buy worthless software.  In short, Microsoft and almost every other computer related company on the planet will not call you to do a free security check.  Hang up.  You can barely understand the conversation you have when you call them, let alone them calling you....