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Just went to check my gmail and there was a red box across the top of the screen warning me that Google had prevented a suspicious log in. I also received the same by email saying someone tried to connect from Belfast.
if I click on the warning it takes me to what looks like a Google security site and from there it directs me to a Google looking site asks for my old password and new password.
that is when I got worried and stopped.
Is this really Google being helpful or someone else being nasty?
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Prevented
United Kingdom
btcentralplus.com, IP Address: 86.153.14.112
Feb 11, 2013
5:45:26 PM
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Seems plausible.
If you're unsure, I'd suggest changing your password by going to google / gmail manually rather than following links.
I would always just go to https://mail.google.com and log in from there.
From there click on your name on the right & then on 'Account'.
From there change you can change your password.
Never ever follow links that then ask for log in details.
It still amazes me the the likes of paypal still send out emails with links in them.
Sounds fine but to be safe use a smartphone to access the link above just incase there's something on your PC.
imagine this.
someone gets your email address and attempts to login.
google detects it and next time you log in puts message on the screen.
knowing that google will have alerted you the original person sends a plausible email with a dodgy link to harvest your password.
Sister had the same warning the other night ( someone trying to sign in to her account from Mexico ). I told her the same as above,don't follow any links to log in.
I'd also recommend enabling the google two-stage authentication mechanism. Then even if someone obtains your gmail password then they're going to struggle to gain access (without having your phone).
Yes, it's a bit of a pain when initially accessing your account from "new" devices but once set up works well IMO.
Does the fact Google stopped the access mean they got past my password and were then stopped or just that someone tried using my email address?
If they didn't use my password then why would I change it?
If they did use my password, how did they guess it, it is a pretty random set of letters and numbers?
If they did get my password, what's stopping them doing it again as soon as I have changed it?