etc and patch them most of them having serious threats.įor example if adobe flash is going through exploit i got windows mac linux.WiFi 6 has actually been around for more than a year, but hardly anyone was using it until relatively recently, so a WiFi 6 router really wasn’t an essential purchase. etc if they exploited it can happen to any system windows mac bsd linux. There is no such this as fully security many users believe that mac are cannot be hacked which is so untrue there been serious threats regarding browser and specially plugin adobe and flash player. Secondly please what i am telling you is listen to it with open mind If no then may be your mac system or browser generating the link causing it also check what packets generating from your system. I sugest you simple solution use live cd of ubuntu.etc without installing it to your computer try surfing via it if you see same problem then your router might causing it Please check your system with some live cd of linux If it is a home type router, you may only be able to change the routing table by telneting into the router and using the CLI to check and flush. You may be able to check the routing table from the administration console of your router. In addition to checking the DNS check the routing tables. The DroneBL team states that some devices can be compromised from the WAN (internet) side. In a majority of the cases it requires an infection on a host inside the LAN to launch a secondary attack against devices like Routers, Printers, and Set Top Boxes. Some are memory resident only while others change the firmware (embedded OS), and some change the DNS settings. There is malware designed specifically for routers, DroneBL rootkit, psyb0t, Chuck Norris botnet, ZLOB DNS Changer.
One study of 1000 routers found 69% made no changes to the router security from default. Routers and other peripheral devices are compromised by attackers because they are the least secure items, least paid attention to, in most set ups. If anyone here knows more about this please respond, as this is really all I know about it.
Wanted $100 bucks to tell me how to update the firmware, which did not solve the problem. I called Cisco, they were no help at all. If you use one of these Linksys routers you should check to see what DNS numbers it's using and I recommend changing them no matter what, as other pre-installed numbers from unreliable sources could also cause the problem. Here's the info on the DNS server that the router was using: The router had DNS numbers that pointed to a server that redirects URL requests to sites that display ads that someone collects money from when a user clicks on them.
The problem did not show up until the router's warranty had expired. These routers are sold in Wal-Marts everywhere and meant to be used for home networks. Well, I spent some time tracking the issue down this week and found it was caused my Linksys Wireless Router made by Cisco Systems. It was driving me pretty crazy because I knew my Mac computers did not have a virus. This problem continued to get worse and started affecting Yahoo and Google as well. I am no security expert, but this is an issue I recently came across.Īwhile back "Ask.com" started redirecting me to web sites other than the one listed when I clicked a link in their search results pages.