Odd email supposedly from "Google"

[wilkinsservis]

An odd email has popped up. It is from a work acquaintance who has not previously emailed me and is of an age where he might not automatically be at the cutting edge of the digital frontier. It says he wants to share some files on Google drive. Sounds OK so far but when I went to log in it immediately requires the pass word to my Hotmail account. I began to feel a little nervous and the address seems to have an odd suffix. I have not proceeded. Am I being paranoid? Can anyone shed light?

 

[launderess]

Not to be cruel or harsh..

But don't be *thick* *lol*

Time and time again persons are advised *not* to open strange emails even from familiar names or sources, yet they do and the rest as they say is history.

Delete the email at once and empty your Recycle Bin. Run a through deep virus scan, then restart your computer and reboot into "safety mode". Once there run a (through) virus scan again. If you are running a Windows based system run MS Defender and download/run their malware detection tool as well.

If you are lucky the virus/Trojan was not launched and thus your system not infected.

Once tried logging into our American Express Account and at once got a strange window asking for all sorts of information. The address shown in the bar was not the normal https for Amex; but was off a few letters. Shut everything down and ran *four* different virus scans before able to pick-up and clear my system of malware.

 

[launderess]

P.S.

You also might wish to contact your friend via telephone or something and advise him his computer might be compromised. So many persons especially the elderly and or those who are not tech savvy do things that not only infect their own systems, but worse are oblivious the same is spreading the *disease*.

Who wouldn't open an email from *Nana*? Even if the name or something looks slightly different. Maybe she's having an off day... Oh she has sent a link or picture...

 

[wilkinsservis]

You're tuff but fair Launderess

Of course you're right but checking and responding to emails has become such a constant past of every day life you sometimes slip into autopilot. There was a vague possibility that this practitioner may have wanted to send me something, so my guard was down till I thought about the inconsistencies.