Wierd phone call about Windows

[Ratty2E]

I have just had the strangest phone call, sadly it was from someone with such a strong indian accent that i could barely understand them so I have no idea who they were.
Anyway they told me they are calling all windows users because they have been made aware of online threats and errors and basically he wanted me to go through some things on my computer whilst talking to him on the phone. He also said that eventually these 'threats ans errors' would cause me to be unable to use my computer. Being the suspicious soul that I am I said no thanks and put the phone down. Surely if I did have issues my anti-virus or my windows would make me aware of it first. I'm pretty sure it was some sort of scam to get my card details or something but just wondered what more technical people thought about it.

[ladybird49]

A very loud referees whistle would be a handy thing i think !

[Postdog]

Just a random thought. Twenty odd years ago I was getting calls about double glazing and here we are now still getting occaisional calls about windows.