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blahblahblahken
Sep 15, 2019Follower
What security is there without Netgear Armor
I just purchased the Orbi mesh wifi router for a premium over other mesh wifi products. I was pretty surprised I need to pay an additional $70/year for netgear armor. Internet security is important...
DexterJB
Sep 16, 2019NETGEAR Moderator
Hi blahblahblahken, welcome to the community! Your NETGEAR Orbi device comes standard with the following security described on the link below.
https://kb.netgear.com/1091/Security-Comparing-NAT-Static-Content-Filtering-SPI-and-Firewalls
NETGEAR Armor provides additional security via Bitdefender. You can check the links below for an overview.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059435/What-features-does-NETGEAR-Armor-offer
https://kb.netgear.com/000059439/What-kind-of-URLs-does-NETGEAR-Armor-block
https://kb.netgear.com/000059436/How-is-NETGEAR-Armor-different-from-an-anti-virus-software
https://kb.netgear.com/000059438/What-type-of-vulnerabilities-does-NETGEAR-Armor-protect-me-from
https://kb.netgear.com/000059440/What-is-the-NETGEAR-Armor-Bitdefender-Total-Security-feature
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Dexter