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Brute Force Attack
I get anywhere between 20-30 notifications each day saying Neatgear stopped a Brute Force Attack on a laptop connected to my network. How can i find out if these are legit and where they originate fr...
What NG router system do you have? Model?
From what app are you seeing these notifications?
NovaJay wrote:
I get anywhere between 20-30 notifications each day saying Neatgear stopped a Brute Force Attack on a laptop connected to my network. How can i find out if these are legit and where they originate from?
Also the laptop is locked, is the attack trying to unlock it?
Orbi 50, the app is the iOS Orbi app.
Is Bitdefender Armor activated on this Orbi? If so, that is where the notices are coming from.
yes it is, but why would I get that many notifications per day? is it truly an outside attempt to get into my laptop? its at home not a business.
NovaJay wrote:
yes it is, but why would I get that many notifications per day? is it truly an outside attempt to get into my laptop? its at home not a business.
It could be a totally bogus report, or there could be some device on the local network that is trying to connect to the laptop for some valid reason. (Once I saw "Free Trial", which implies, "after that you pay", I have never activated Armor. So, I have no experience.)
You might try posting the question in the Armor community forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Armor/bd-p/en-home-armor
And, it might be wroth exploring the Armor "Portal" (whatever the heck that is):
