Spam email?

system · 2017-09-03T05:00:00.000Z

Today I received the following email, is this phising or has it actually come from Avast?

It doesn’t make sense to me as I use avast all the time and I noticed it came from the Czech Republic when I thought they were in the Netherlands.

Need help transferring your Avast?

Have you got a new PC, or did you just reinstall your operating system? We ask, because we noticed you haven’t been using your Avast Internet Security. It would be a shame to waste the 64 days still left on your license, so why not reinstall it now?

Eddy · 2017-09-03T05:39:00.000Z

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=208149.msg1418223#msg1418223

bob3160 · 2017-09-03T10:14:03.000Z

Contact Avast support http://support.avast.com/support/tickets/new

Eddy · 2017-09-03T10:18:27.000Z

https://www.whois.com/whois/avast.com

bob3160 · 2017-09-03T10:21:23.000Z

Eddy post:4:

https://www.whois.com/whois/avast.com

How does that answer the users question ???

Eddy · 2017-09-03T11:30:04.000Z

Use your brains.

DavidR · 2017-09-03T12:52:08.000Z

Whilst Whois indicates avast.com is in the Czech Republic, what it doesn’t do is confirm the actual email came from Avast. Emails can be faked and the user would have to check the email headers to get the originating location Domain/IP then they could confirm its origin.

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Avast Software, A.K.A Alwil Software originated in the Czech Republic, see About Avast https://www.avast.com/en-gb/about & History https://www.avast.com/en-gb/history.

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