Am I being too cautious?

[KdLaneJr]

Today I received a well written email via blogspot from a young man looking for a photography mentor. The email was nice.. and flattering.. and set off alarms for me. I went to google and searched the website address that he included in the email, with not a single hit. Next I googled the email address and again, not a single hit. I find this highly suspect, particularly since he also states that the website takes a few seconds for the quality to load. This sounds more to me like someone trying to flatter photographers into loading a trojan/malware/bot, etc.

Anyone else receive an email like this? Have any problems afterwards with computer, hacked finance accts, etc.?

Very leary when someone appears to be blowing smoke, particulary since I haven't updated my blog since June this year.

[danchez]

go with your first instinct.

[toverman]

Originally Posted by danchez

go with your first instinct.

+1

And if you're still in the photo biz, update your blog!

[dracula02]

http://www.whois.net/ Check this website... It should be able to tell you who the domain is registered under.

[KdLaneJr]

I was going to do that using a tool named Netlab.

[ngoduyviet]

Firefox + a good anti-virus software or just a machine dedicated to surfing = peace of mind :) that said, go with your instinct.