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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!
antinode wrote:Nonsense.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1540808
So from your link you believe that Netgear simply send this message to everyone who has registered a product with them regardless of whether the updates affect their device or not. This despite the fact that the Subject line says:
We've Enhanced Your Product's Security. Please Update to the Latest Firmware.
If true, they are doubly incompetent.
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!