New Malware Silently Changes Router Settings

General Topics
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http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2008/06/new_malware_silently_changes_r.php

Moral of the story: Change your router’s default password.

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guess i don’t have to worry since i use eithernet or cable modem :wink:
thanks for the tip anyways kissman :smiley:

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Moral of the story: Change your router's default password.
That can be said for anything that has a default password. Always play it safe and change any default or reassigned password ASAP :)
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If the router manufactures would make users change the password this would not happen. Apple’s AirPort Extreme and Airport Express routers prompt you to setup a secure password during the setup process :wink:

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With names like “AirPort Extreme” and “AirPort Express” and half an ounce of imagination I would expect them to be taken out and shot on the spot if they did not.

For the likes of Ma & Pa and their D-Link on the outskirts of “Neverheardofit”, Montana … I would be more forgiving … but I would still hope someone gave them the same advice.

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Are you saying that the name AirPort give away the fact that it is a wireless router? or what? ??? I dont get how the “taken out and shot on the spot” comment relates to the product name anymore than WRT54G or WRT300N