Just found these articles on Microsofts site.
Avoid Phone Scams | Cybercriminal Tech Support Scam | Security Threats
http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msname.aspx
How to report phone scams in the US:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams
My understanding is cookies from atdmt.com are I.E. and Live Mail and are in partnership with Microsoft. Removing them is easy but keeping them from coming back is the problem I'm having. Other than being a tracking cookie what else do they do. If I could stop them would their be ill effects?...