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How to Launch Vulnerability Scan?
As the title says, how can I launch a vulnerability scan with netgear armor on my NightHawk R7000P? There is nowhere in the menu to launch one and I have had it since launch and no scan has been perf...
I installed Bitdefender on my Mac Pro. There is no application or icon or anything other than an "uninstall" folder in Applications. So not only can I not start a manual scan, I can't even look at anything such as logs. How is one to know if the tool is even doing anything or whether it ever did anything? Trust? I've never used Bitdefender before, but it has very good reviews. I'm assuming that the Netgear Armor variant is some crippled version of the Bitdefender. Also, having to use the lame app to "manage" this is really annoying as well. I'm going to let this sit for a week or so but most likely I'll be removing it. This tool is supposed to make me feel more comfortable not less.
Hi BinkyTheClown, please make sure you follow the steps provided on the link below.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059549/How-do-I-install-Bitdefender-local-protection-on-my-macOS-device
Please let us know if you run into issues.
Dexter
Hi there BinkyTheClown . You and I have the same router, and I also have two MacBooks on my network, so we can compare notes.
My advice - do not, at least no yet, install Bitdefender Total Security on your MacBook. As for Netgear Armor, if the installation process was successful, then your Armor on your Orbi will protect ALL devices connected to your network. But if you have devices (phones, tables and laptops) that will be taken on the road (...and off the network), then you're being offered to install BD Total Security. On Apple devices, I wouldn't bother. On Windows devices, the verdict is still out for me. My experience was not disastrous but certainly not without hiccups. Given that I'm still young in my 90-day trial period, I'll wait a bit before I install BD Total Security on Win10 computers.
Now back to your Netgear Armor. You have to activate Armor and you can only do that, for some strange reasons, with an iPhone, Android phone ... You have to download the app from the app store applicable to your device in order to activate Armor on your router.
Hope this helps. Take care.
hi. I have BitDefender total security already installed on my MacBook Pro 2017 and W10 devices - main hiccup being blocks to intranet pages for my HP printer. i haven't had any problems with BD on my MBP.
installed Armor free trial via latest Orbi update. not sure i understood quite what it was for (if it is the gatekeeper and i no longer need to run av on any of my LAN based devices, that might be worth paying for). however, it is giving me anxiety because:
(a) i can't schedule a vulnerability scan, therefore i don't know if that is the root of my problems
(b) i have a synology DS 918+. since installing armor it has twice blocked my router's IP address stating 10 attempts to login via ssh within 5 minutes. MAYBE its just the armor scan. i don't know. wasted couple of hours trying to work it out and have given up
(d) vulnerabiilty scan has pulled up the TP link router bridged to my Orbi which is the SamKnows whitebox. "high risk". scary. sam knows say it's ok, ssh is a bit out of date but as it's not accessible from outside my lan its not an issue. however, i'm now worried..
(c) if i wanted to buy it, seems pricing model includes for the "free" total security installs. i've already got subscriptions to that.. so it's too dear (not available it seems as an add on to existing BitDefender subscription
