Again: "Somebody knows your password" (Google)

[Joel Rees]

2017/10/13 21:59 "Volker Wysk" <post at volker-wysk.de>:
>
> Hi!
>
> Google notifies me by mail that a log in attempt, with my password, has
been
> prevented, because of the device being unknown.
>
> I've already had this problem some two months ago. I'm not asking for the
same
> advice again, but there is one question.
>
> On Google's "Zuletzt verwendete Geräte" ("last used devices") page, there
is
> my desktop, my smartphone und one unknown device:
>
> "Unbekanntes Gerät
> Uhrzeit:        Vor 8 Stunden
> Standort:       Berlin, Deutschland
> IP-Adresse:     80.171.232.33"
>
> English translation:
>
> "Unknown device
> time: 8 hours ago
> place: Berlin, Germany
> IP-Address: 80.171.232.33"
>
> What I don't understand, is that the IP address is my real IP address.
Does
> that mean that that login attempt has originated from my computer? Is my
> system compromised..?
>
> Or, has maybe Google mistaken my desktop for an "unknown device"..?
>
> And: Yes, I've changed the password.
>
> Bye
> V.W.

Did you do something (like logging in from a non-Google MUA) at that point
in time?
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