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How do I remove this garbage from my router?
Updated to the latest Orbi firmware and enabled the trial of armour.
Today the router is blocking my access to legitimate websites falsly claiming they are phishing sites.
I canot see any...
Do yourself a favor...reset the router and just use the same credentials you’re currently using. Everything comes back fast and easy. Log in via web and just hit never remind me again for Armor.
Side note, if you have gigabit internet...do yourself a favor and use the Orbis in AP Mode and run a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 4 as your gateway...NIGHT AND DAY. I realized how much of a burden that Armor was on the Orbi’s routing, so gave that a wing. But yeah...get Armor removed ASAP!
I log in to my PC today, and get a continuous stream of "blocked phishing attempt by URL" messages. It never tells me what URL and I'm not even clicking on any URLs. I don't see any way of disabling Armor, which adds negative value to the Orbi. I'd rather not have to do a full reset.
I would still like to know how to disable Armor, but I am feeling much more kindly to it now. I was being flooded with alerts about phishing, but nothing told me the URL until I happened across the misnamed "Support" link on the Netgear site that took me to a web page version of the Armor control panel. Then if I examined the alerts it gave the domain. NONE of the controls in the Orbi app or the router's admin page showed me this.
Once I had the domain, I was eventually able to identify a Chrome extension I had used for a long time that, it would seem, had been hijacked and turned into malware. (HTML5 Autoplay Blocker)
Armor may in fact be a useful feature, but the implementation and User Interface is horrible!
- How did you identify the Chrome extension? I get a notification about binarymoney dot site every time I open my MacBook, would really love to find the source of it. Thanks!
Factory reseting won't get rid of the Netgear Armour. It automatically reloads and activates itself during the factory reset process. And all those malicious sites that were previously blocked buy Armour (like the Apple App Store, Directv, Netflix, and more) continue to be blocked. Basically Netgear infected their customer's equipment with malicious software. Now I'm hoping Armour will stop working after the trial period ends a week from now and I can regain use of the router. It it doesn't go away (and I wouldn't be surprised if ransom is demanded), I'll have to buy a new router. You can safely bet it won't be made by Netgear.