Just thought i’d let you know, someone’s sending out mass e-mails claiming to be from avast
"From: System Administrator [mailto:liuq5559@uwec.edu ]
Sent: 06 January 2017 14:00
To: Recipients
Subject: EMAIL ALERT
Recently, we have detect some unusual activity on your account and as a
result, all email users are urged to update their email account within 24
hours of receiving this e-mail, Please CLICK to confirm that your email
account is up to date with the institution requirement.
If I received this email, the last thing I would be worried about is the signature at the bottom. That can either be from a user of avast or faked to lull you into a false sense of security. More so if your aren’t enrolled/employed/connected to uwec.edu.
In any case I wouldn’t CLICK any link to confirm within that email. That could be leading you to an infected/malicious site. If you’re enrolled/employed/connected to uwec.edu then I would suggest you contact the system administrator IT Support by telephone to confirm the legitimacy of the email.