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paulmars
Aspirant
Apr 20, 2017
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vulnerable to attacks

avast says "netgear Router vulnerable to attacks" "Solutions Upgrade your device's firmware, if possible"

 

well, otherwise it appears to be working fine. I bought in 2015 and it was a lot of trouble to set up. it would not work, so netgear told me to update the firmware. I did and it has worked fine since. I never did again. I dont want to chage something that works. Do i need to update this or is avast just trying to stress me?

 

ok, now netgear is trying to stress me. When I posted this, it dropped the model number that I filled in above and told me "Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied."

 

I dont do HTML and now it wont let me re-type in the model # above. It is "wnr2000v5"

 

four times and im still trying: "Correct the highlighted errors and try again."

 

pa

 

Firmware

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    • paulmars's avatar
      paulmars
      Aspirant
      Apr 20, 2017

      now avast sasy: "

      Risks

      Attackers can execute their own code on this device.

      Attackers could completely control this device's system.

       

      here we go again : "Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied.

      "

      ????