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Re: Brute Force Attack
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Brute Force Attack
I get anywhere between 20-30 notifications each day saying Neatgear stopped a Brute Force Attack on a laptop connected to my network. How can i find out if these are legit and where they originate from?
Also the laptop is locked, is the attack trying to unlock it?
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What NG router system do you have? Model?
From what app are you seeing these notifications?
@NovaJay wrote:
I get anywhere between 20-30 notifications each day saying Neatgear stopped a Brute Force Attack on a laptop connected to my network. How can i find out if these are legit and where they originate from?
Also the laptop is locked, is the attack trying to unlock it?
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Orbi 50, the app is the iOS Orbi app.
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Is Bitdefender Armor activated on this Orbi? If so, that is where the notices are coming from.
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yes it is, but why would I get that many notifications per day? is it truly an outside attempt to get into my laptop? its at home not a business.
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@NovaJay wrote:
yes it is, but why would I get that many notifications per day? is it truly an outside attempt to get into my laptop? its at home not a business.
It could be a totally bogus report, or there could be some device on the local network that is trying to connect to the laptop for some valid reason. (Once I saw "Free Trial", which implies, "after that you pay", I have never activated Armor. So, I have no experience.)
You might try posting the question in the Armor community forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Armor/bd-p/en-home-armor
And, it might be wroth exploring the Armor "Portal" (whatever the heck that is):
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