Thanks to those who responded. http://www.softwaresecuritysolutions.com/ IS the vendor through which MSU acquires it's NOD32 licenses. Rachel Zakhem at the CStore has intercepted my question here and taken on the follow-up. I wanted to mention my outcome here before I stopped responding on the thread. On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 11:06 -0400, Stephan F Andre wrote: > Quoting "Joseph M. Deming" <[log in to unmask]>: > > > I got a suspicious e-mail last friday from > > 'http://www.softwaresecuritysolutions.com/' saying that my MSU NOD32 > > license is expiring soon. It actually contained the right date > listed > > in the software, username and even printed the right password given > to > > me by CStore when I purchased it to authorize updates. > > > > Can someone tell me if this is somehow an intermediate vendor > through > > which MSU maintains it's agreement? Aside from that it appears > to be > > similar to one of those scams where your are told your > 'such-and-such' > > is expiring soon, come see us (instead of the channel through which > you > > actually purchased it) to renew it. I hope it is the former because > it > > contains what I assume should be somewhat sensitive information. > > > > Thanks. > > > > - Joe > > I'm pretty sure this is the entity where I got my nod32 data from, but > I'm > not near my laptop now so I can't check my archives. The domain was > created in 2002 which lends itself to being real, too. > > --STeve Andre' >