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Unsecured Wi-FI Connection warning
This week, I suddenly started getting an "Unsecured Wi-Fi Connection" warning (from Trend Micro Maximum Security) on my Samsung Galaxy Note 9. When I opened Chrome (on my PC) and went to the IP address for my router, it did a firmware update but I'm still getting the not secure warning on my phone. Full warning message:
Unsecured Wi-Fi Connection
Using banking or shopping apps while connect to (network name) could put your personal data at risk. Switch to a different Wi-Fi network or use a 3G/4G connection instead.
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- Why am I suddenly getting this warning?
- What do I need to do (if anything)?
I'm using:
- NETGEAR WNR-2000v2
- WEP128
- WEP Key 26 numbers and letters
- Firmware (updated today but can't figure out what version it is)
- Chrome v. 74.0.3729.108 (Official Build) (64-bit)
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with Android 9 (all updates installed)
- Trend Micro Maximum Security (on both PC and phone)
Thanks for any assistance you can provide!
Yes. That is the whole point. "Restore" means "Put everything back the way it was when the backup was taken."
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> [...] I suddenly started getting an "Unsecured Wi-Fi Connection"
> warning (from Trend Micro Maximum Security) [...]Ask Trend Micro?
> o WEP128
WEP has been vulnerable/obsolete for some years, now. Perhaps "Trend
Micro Maximum Security" now classifies it as "Unsecured".Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Changing Wireless
Security Settings". Select something with "WPA" in it. I'd probably
choose "WPA2-PSK [AES]".Then run around to all your wireless client devices, and reconfigure
them to use the new scheme. To avoid confusion, it might make some
sense to specify a new/different SSID ("wireless network name") when you
change the encryption scheme from WEP to WPA[2]. Then you'd simply be
adding a new wireless network on each client device.
> o Firmware (updated today but can't figure out what version it is)On a less obsolete router model, it's normally displayed on almost
every page you'd get from its management web site ("routerlogin.net", or
whatever). On your antique, it seems to be under Maintenance > Router
Status. Look for "firmware" in the User Manual.Thanks antinode! A couple more questions:
- Do you recommend that I get a new router?
- If so, any recommendations?
> 1. Do you recommend that I get a new router?
Not if your antique does the job. A newer model would likely have
more features, and be capable of higher wireless-network speeds, but I
know nothing about your Internet service or your client devices, which
means that I don't know where your bottleneck is now, so I can't
guarantee that a newer/faster router would make any noticable change.> 2. If so, any recommendations?
Nope. Depends on your environment/requirements. I'd definitely look
beyond Netgear, however.