called my cell phone and told me he was Mr. Brown from Microsoft calling from CA because my computer was infected.

THIS WAS THE SAME THING I GOT AND GEUSS WHAT MY COMPUTER IS INFECTED, AND WON'T EVEN TURN ON

Which means you're either A) a shill or B) a doofus, or C) both.


Will Microsoft ever call me?

There are some cases where Microsoft will work with your Internet service provider and call you to fix a malware-infected computer—such as during the recent cleanup effort begun in our botnet takedown actions. These calls will be made by someone with whom you can verify you already are a customer. You will never receive a legitimate call from Microsoft or our partners to charge you for computer fixes.


Cybercriminals often use publicly available phone directories so they might know your name and other personal information when they call you. They might even guess what operating system you're using.

Once they've gained your trust, they might ask for your user name and password or ask you to go to a website to install software that will let them access your computer to fix it. Once you do this, your computer and your personal information is vulnerable.

Do not trust unsolicited calls. Do not provide any personal information.



How to Avoid Phone Scams:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the call from this scammer.  It is impossible for anyone but possibly your ISP or a tech support company that you are a client of and has installed special monitoring software to know that your computer is infected with viruses or malware.  Anyone you do not know who calls claiming they are receiving error messages from your computer or that Microsoft has informed them your computer is infected is just a lying scammer.  Even Microsoft cannot tell if your computer is infected based upon the error reports that you allow to be sent to them since they only report on errors in Microsoft's software and do so anonymously.

You are so full of bovine manure your breath stinks worse than two month old curry left out in the sun.

You are a low-life shill.  If your computer won't turn on how did you make this post here?  Also, are you illiterate?  I can barely comprehend your English.

Your computer does have the CAPS LOCK virus however.