Home Network Security

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I am wondering if Home Network Security is applicable to my setup.

I have a DSL Wireless modem/router combination and two laptops. The laptops are not networked together but both use the wireless connection from the router to access the internet.

2

I don’t have this installed on my system (custom install and option in the Tools section unchecked), because I too don’t have a network as such. Desktop PC hard wired to Router and laptop uses wifi and they can’t see or interact with one and other.

3

Actually, Home Network Security will check to see if your network setup is secure. It is a diagnostic service. It is not designed to run as a Network and Sharing Center nor provide a network schematic diagram. It won’t show your connected devices.

Attached picture below.

4

We aren’t saying that it will show your connected devices. What we are saying is because we don’t have a formal network established the connections are individual so they shouldn’t be able to see the other connected devices.

Since we don’t have a network setup - I believe the actual Home Network Security isn’t going to find a network - so how can it check it.

5

Thanks for your posts.

As an experiment, I ran the scan for Home Network Security and got the following results:
“Congratulations your Home Network is secure.
Your router is configured correctly.
Your devices are not visible from the internet.”

This is great to know.

It appears that you don’t have to have a formal network going for this scan to something.

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BTW, I wanted to add a picture of the screen with the results but I couldn’t figure out how to add an image to the post.
Please explain.

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Under the textbox click on “Attachments and other options”.

Greetz, Red.

8

Thanks for the information.

Attached is a screen shot.

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As stated, it is a diagnostic tool: https://blog.avast.com/tag/home-network-security-it/

Avast Home Network Security scans for misconfigured Wi-Fi networks, exposes weak or default Wi-Fi passwords, vulnerable routers, compromised Internet connections, and enabled, but not protected, IPv6. It also lists all devices on the network so users can make sure only their known devices are connected.

You can search for more information on what it does here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=avast+blog+home+network+security

I’d only visit/search links related directly to avast site or avast blog, btw. Anything else might expose you to risks.

10

Thank you for this thorough information. Very helpful.

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You’re welcome.

12

I’ve found the Network scan to also tell a few porkies too, like trying to tell me my router is infected because I use OpenDNS servers or trying to tell me my WIFI password is weak (considering it would take to fastest super computer today 157698 years to crack it) I don’t consider this a weak password it contains 2 special/2 upper/5 lower/4 numeric characters good luck in cracking it anytime soon also it only allows 802.11n and WPA/WPA2, also all remote access such as ftp / remote desk top/ TFTP and the like has been disabled the only protocol which remains enabled is SIP because my phone is VOIP based