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punsk
Aspirant
Oct 24, 2016
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Avast Mac Security reports vulnerability on my Nighthawk R7000

Avast Mac Security reports my R7000 is vulnerable to hackers. It reports vulnerability ID CVE-2015-0932. I have tried to forward port 80 to an unused IP address and rebooted the router, but the probl...
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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    Nov 21, 2016

    Hi All,

     

    We have confirmed with Avast regarding the error and it's a false positive information. 

    Avast is looking into it to fix it on their side.

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cyoumans
Aspirant
Nov 10, 2016

Did anyone get this issued handled? (Avast Mac Security reports vulnerability on my Nighthawk R7000)

 

I'm concerned I need to go buy a different router. 

 

Thanks,

Carol Y

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ElaineM
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 21, 2016

Hi All,

 

We have confirmed with Avast regarding the error and it's a false positive information. 

Avast is looking into it to fix it on their side.

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    cyoumans
    Aspirant
    Nov 21, 2016

    That's a relief - thanks Elaine.

     

    Carol

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      ElaineM
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Nov 21, 2016

      You're very welcome!

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      ElaineM
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Nov 30, 2016

      Hi All,

       

      Can somebody confirm if Avast is still reporting the vulnerability? 

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        punsk
        Aspirant
        Dec 11, 2016

        I just ran a rescan and it looks ok now. Thank you!