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Avast Securty 14.9 is giving a vulnerability warning
Firmware on my R7000 is V1.0.9.88_10.2.88. When I try to upgrade, it says that I am current. No real details from Avast on the vulnerabilty. Here is a screen capture.
The vague message you received is hardly an indication that Avast knows what it is talking about.
These things happen from time time to time:
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Security software is great at throwing up scary messages. They are often down to errors in its own software.
Try starting here:
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