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Two security questions about suspicious behavior with cable modem/router
Hi, I have two separate questions: 1) I got a new Nighthawk C7000 Cable Modem Router and set it all up and then mysteriously a few days later I notice under the "Attached Devices" screen there i...
Hello Person1
No moderator would be doing port scans on your Ip. As for the Readyshare do you have any USB drives or printers hooked up to your modem?
DarrenM
Okay thanks for responding. I guess it's just a real coincidence then (about the IP scan). I'm willing to ignore that. The answer to what you asked is: No I don't have any USB drives or printers hooked up to my modem at all. Not ever. About the other point I raised, do you have any feedback regarding the "SW download" to my modem and the subsequent disappearance of the log entry that recorded it?
Hello Person1
The only thing I could thing of with the download is the ISP was pushing some type of update to the modem to update the bootfile or the firmware.
DarrenM