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Nighthawk R7800 potentially compromised
Hi all, I'm concerned my router might be compromised. All of the three main people who are connected to it got hit with a random CC charge a while back. Me and my roommate factory reset the router a...
I've actually figured this out, I was using an app on the FireTV called "Downloader" which is used to circumvent the FireTV's verification process of applications so you can "side load" different unapproved apps, I don't even remember what I used this for.
Anyway, it seems that in order to do this, it can't use the IP that is displayed in settings so it must create a couple virtual network devices and get IPs for them so it can download not using the "main" IP.
Weird situation but glad I figured that out.
Thanks!
Okay so more weirdness, all three of the "unblockable" devices had the same MAC address which is odd because there are two different IPs attached to it. They're all my FireTV
When I go into attached devices, I notice that that MAC has 3 different "wired" IPs that it's using. And I can ping all 3 of them.
I've actually figured this out, I was using an app on the FireTV called "Downloader" which is used to circumvent the FireTV's verification process of applications so you can "side load" different unapproved apps, I don't even remember what I used this for.
Anyway, it seems that in order to do this, it can't use the IP that is displayed in settings so it must create a couple virtual network devices and get IPs for them so it can download not using the "main" IP.
Weird situation but glad I figured that out.
Thanks!