Thanks, Chuck, that is helpful. Unfortunately just one more #@&%$*@ thing
to worry about from the internet. One question: what is the difference
between the HTTP and the HTTPS he mentions about half way down the page?
And should the latter be checked?
Thanks,
Charlie
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I ran across this article this morning having to do with a router worm
> on certain Linksys routers. If it's infecting your router it may cause
> bad performance. My own Linksys router wasn't one of the susceptible
> model numbers but I decided I'd better go check to see if there were any
> other firmware updates for my own model number (WRT54GL v1.1). In fact
> there have been more than 1/2 dozen updates since my routher was new
> (3-4 years ago)... for fixing other things I'd never heard of. Moral of
> the story is that your router can be vulnerable to malware as well and
> it doesn't matter what OS you're running since the router is out there
> ahead of your computer. You might want to check the website for your
> own brand/model of router.
>
> The Moon router worm. Your anti-virus won't protect you
> <http://grahamcluley.com/2014/02/moon-router-worm/>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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