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False Firmware Update Alert
I have two Netgear Routers; the D7800 in this post and a WN3000RPv3 extender. Today I received an email with the following Headers: From: NETGEAR Security <security@e.netgear.com> To: <my corr...
I've just spotted something in the email that I had missed (the text is very small and my eyes are dim).
The attached screenshot shows the Version numbers that the updates cover. These are the versions that I installed about a week ago so Netgear aren't pre-empting updates they're simply sending the reminders late!
I've also just received the email alert for the X4S R7800.
It's nonsense. The firmware in the link offered is not new at all - it is v1.02.62 dating from many months ago. Incidentally, that firmware release isn't recommended. I've discovered a serious bug in it, detailed by me on this forum but nobody took any notice.
Due to more and more bugs being introduced at each release - as many as those being supposedly fixed - many people revert to previous releases like v1.02.60 and v1.02.58!
Comical isn't it? Well, more tragedy really.
I suspect Netgear's outsourced firmware contractors have left the building and turned out the lights. Senior management haven't yet realised.