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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 18, 2020

Share Your NETGEAR Armor Experience

Hello NETGEAR Armor Community!    Thank you to all who have activated your NETGEAR Armor trial and to those who have subscribed to our cyber security service. Since the launch of the service we h...
plemans's avatar
plemans
Guru
Feb 18, 2020

Christian_R 

I like the basic concept of Armor.

I dislike the auto-rollout to the older device. It seems like I find a lot of people on here who have issues with an older device running armor. From decreased speeds, instability, or even just the loss of features their router used to support. 

 

I know its to much work to support 2 forks on firmware with one having armor and one including the prior features and just getting security updates.  so I'm not sure what a good compromise is to keep devices getting security updates but not getting armor.  

 

It'd also be nice to see a tiered system to Armor. Many router manufacturers have a basic security suite included for free and you pay for premium features. That'd be nice to see with Armor instead of the base level being a paid subscription. 

 

again, I agree with the concept of Armor but struggle when I see the impact that it has on older devices. And I understand that the forums are where we see the issues. We don't see all the devices that it works great on. 

  • HarryGh's avatar
    HarryGh
    Guide
    Apr 11, 2020
    Netgear Armor notifying that it blocked phishing attack from a file on Amazon Fire TV

    I have been using Netgear Armor for about 5 months. Since last week, it started alerting me on stopping a phishing attack because of a file on Amazon FireTV (C3.SDKCLICKURL.COM).  All apps on FireTV are from Amazon and no developer options are on. I have owned the Amazon Fire TV for a couple of years without a problem.

    In abundance of precaution, I factory reset the device. The alerts are continuing (about 20.day)

    I searched for the URL (C3.SDKCLICKURL.COM). It is related to Easyswool.

     

    Questions:

    1. Does a streaming service service (showtime etc) use Easyswool ?

    2. Who do I tell to whitelist this service/URL? I don't want to allow it my level without complete knowledge.

     
     
    Model: R6700|Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Router