Today I got a suspicious email from someone claiming to be a friend of a PCQ&A member. Below is the message. I'm not showing the entire email address of the sender in case this is legit.

Quote:

From: xxxxxx@shaw.ca
Subject: Windows 7 Update Issue

Hi, You were recommended to me by a friend who has been on pcqanda for many years. I've recently solved an issue which prevented me from receiving windows updates for over a two year period. This is something I shouldn't have left unresolved for such a long time but...I did. The concern is that over that period my computer may have been subject to a rootkit issue. I have looked into what would be the best rootkit removers. It seems Sophos and Kaspersky are high on the list but there are others. Before I begin this I thought I would see if you have any advice. Thanks.

This is suspicious to me because there was no display name for the sender, it doesn't mention which PCQ&A member is his/her friend and it was sent direct to me instead of having the PCQ&A member post a question. The message is all text, there are no links, but it's just too odd.

My first thought was to reply, but there are too many odd things about this message. If you are the PCQ&A member that referred this person to me, please send me a private message or email and tell me what your PCQ&A name is and the full email address of the sender of this message.