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Offline Megan Parsons

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Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« on: April 30, 2020, 04:46:37 PM »
I received an email from what seems to be avast stating my email and password was leaked I have screenshots of the email



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Re: Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2020, 04:59:09 PM »
Have you used Hack Check? https://www.avast.com/hackcheck
What version of Avast are you using? Free, paid?
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Re: Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2020, 05:02:07 PM »
Is this on your phone?
As bob has asked. Which Avast product and version do you have?
Personally I would be reluctant to click any links until you get confirmation it is really from Avast. I have never seen anything like it myself.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2020, 05:04:39 PM by rocksteady »

Offline Megan Parsons

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Re: Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2020, 05:23:40 PM »
I have avast on my android devices and it's the free version. I wanted to make sure it was avast before doing anything

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Re: Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 05:30:59 PM »
I've reported this to Avast and hope we'll receive an answer soon.
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Re: Is this a real avast email ? Not sure where to post this
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2020, 07:15:52 AM »
Hello,
it is a hack check leak alert. See https://www.avast.com/hackcheck

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