Brute Force Attack

[NovaJay]

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?

[FURRYe38]

What NG router system do you have? Model?

From what app are you seeing these notifications? 

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@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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[NovaJay]

Orbi 50, the app is the iOS Orbi app.

[CrimpOn]

Is Bitdefender Armor activated on this Orbi?  If so, that is where the notices are coming from.

[NovaJay]

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.

[CrimpOn]

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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.

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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):

https://kb.netgear.com/000059462/How-do-I-launch-the-NETGEAR-Armor-portal-through-the-router-web-int...