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RBR40/RBK43S mesh system
My Internet service provider is warning me that my Orbi device is trying to access malicious sites. I am also seeing an increase is blocked spam attempts from both the orbi system and my internet serv...
it isn't the orbi accessing it but usually an device using the orbi and sending through malicious connections.
Have you tried doing a malware/antivirus scan on your devices connected to orbi?
plemans wrote:it isn't the orbi accessing it but usually an device using the orbi and sending through malicious connections.
Have you tried doing a malware/antivirus scan on your devices connected to orbi?
The source is almost certainly a device that opens web pages (computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone), not any of your Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This report claims Throtle.com violates their Ethical Design Creiteia in two ways: https://better.fyi/trackers/thrtle.com/ both of which involve web pages.
Eliminating the tracker on Windows is pretty easy (CCleaner and MalwareBytes will both root it out.) Macs, iPhones, and Android phones may have similar capabilities.
Another method might be to recall what was happening at the times mentioned in the AT&T report. If some devices were definitely idle at that time, they could be lower on the investigation list.