> To help minimize damage from unauthorized access to your account, > Google alerts you when someone signs in to your account from an > unusual location. Their goal is to help you secure your account > quickly if an unauthorized person has access to it. This especially > also happens if you sign in to your account from an unusual location > and even make a wrong password login attempt. They alert you about > sign-ins that are from locations and devices that they previously have > not seen signing in to your account and ask you if it was you who > signed in from those locations or devices. To help you determine if > it was you, they show you the information they have about the > suspicious sign-in event(s) including the IP address, its location, > the domain associated with the IP address and the time at which it > accessed your account. If the location was familiar, then do not worry. If not, I advise that you change your password, update your account recovery options and run a virus scan on your computer. More info is available here: [Suspicious sign-in alerts][1] [1]: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1144110