My mom got scammed...

[#1-norm-fan]

She couldn't log into her email for some reason and was told that she was sending spam...

She found a "Yahoo costumer service" number she found online and started talking to a guy. He had her go to logmein123.com and started accessing the computer remotely. It then turned into him showing her a bunch of "viruses" that probably weren't really viruses and trying to get her to buy $600 protection. When she told him she couldn't he started telling her it's very important and hackers can use her computer for illegal purposes and she can be responsible and she needs to borrow the money, etc.

So yeah... a scam.

Anyway, should she be worried about him having had access to the computer and is there anything I need to do to make sure he no longer has access to it?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Probs best to do the normal "sweep" using anti-virus and malware bytes, then goth rough add/remove programs and check there's nothing weird there.

After that, it should be cool. Windows has its own built-in remote access program so they could have easily just used that program.

Then kick back and watch some porn.

[#1-norm-fan]

I like that advice.

All of it.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Don't let your mother back on the internet and everything should be okay.

[#1-norm-fan]

She's not very smart.

[Kane Knight]

I'd restrict her access to the internet.

[Gertner]

I have some air to sell if she's interested. Only $200 a bottle.

[#1-norm-fan]

I'd restrict her access to the internet.

Kinda feel weird doing it since it's not my computer. I feel like it may be for her own good though.

She got ahold of Yahoo yesterday and got her email taken care of. She then informed me that Yahoo had informed her that she didn't have any viruses on the computer. She has a very hard time grasping what is the internet and what is the computer. It's weird.

I didn't even know where to begin when she told me that so I just said "yeah".