"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
09/11/2014 at 12:01 • Filed to: None
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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
09/11/2014 at 12:01 • Filed to: None | 0
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So is it possible for a network to get a virus? Not a particular computer, but the network itself?
My home network is suddenly riddled with adware, weather I am on my desktop, laptop, iPhone, or android tablet. And all different browsers. If I use my phone with out connecting to my wifi or if I take my laptop or tablet to anywhere else and connect to that wifi, no problems.
macanamera
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:04 |
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Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:05 |
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It's the NSA
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Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:05 |
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Try a factory reset on the router
treesmakewater
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:07 |
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It is possible, a router is simply a Linux based computer. Probable? No.
jariten1781
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:08 |
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It's possible for a router to be highjacked, but I haven't heard of one that that installs adware. Linksys routers were hit earlier this year: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/…
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:08 |
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Seconding Santiago. There are exploits possible to attack gateways and change their lookup tables/otherwise fuxxor with them. A different level and type of vulnerability on a network device than a computer is not a lack of vulnerability.
Hermann
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 12:13 |
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Network itself... not likely. It is technically possible to connect to your network remotely and annoy the devices connected to it. Maybe change the settings to force you to go through someone's proxy.
What sort of Adware? Pop ups? Redirecting pages?
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CAR_IS_MI
> macanamera
09/11/2014 at 12:45 |
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I can't read Chinese.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
09/11/2014 at 12:47 |
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Ill try that when I get home.
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CAR_IS_MI
> treesmakewater
09/11/2014 at 12:48 |
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So any idea why all the computers on my network are effected but only when they are plugged into my network?
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CAR_IS_MI
> jariten1781
09/11/2014 at 12:50 |
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Sounds similar to whats happening on mine, but mines a Netgear and there was never a log in before it happened.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Hermann
09/11/2014 at 12:55 |
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All sorts from Ads to download a (presumably fake) media suite to a fake Flash player update that was originally over riding my ask to download and auto downloading an installer, and now, more recently, a pop up that links to "about:blank" and auto downloads a setup.exe that I have been rather quick to catch and remove but I can't do anything to prevent the auto download. The auto download sites just lock up my non Windows devices.
StoneCold
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 13:10 |
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What Hermann said. Affecting the routing device to modify the other devices would be quite a challenge. Modifying the router to simply send the connections to certain proxies is the easier approach.
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StoneCold
> StoneCold
09/11/2014 at 13:12 |
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Edit: so all in all, do a fuullll reset. If it continues, you're going to have to flash the router.
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Hermann
> StoneCold
09/11/2014 at 14:15 |
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I imagine that at some point someone gained access to this network and probably modified the router's settings to force it through some proxy that allows it to control everything that goes through it. The router's password is probably the default "admin" or even empty.
Protip: Change your router's password. Write it on a label and stick it on the router.
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treesmakewater
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 14:23 |
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all of them? literally every single one? try disconnecting all of them and testing each computer seperately on your network. Doing a factory reset on the router won't hurt either
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CAR_IS_MI
> treesmakewater
09/11/2014 at 14:29 |
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Yes literally every device, PC, IOS, Droid... and if I take them off my network and get onto a different network the adware goes away.
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treesmakewater
> CAR_IS_MI
09/11/2014 at 14:41 |
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Try doing a factory reset on the router and pick a DIFFERENT wi-fi password (only for this test, it will eliminate the variable of neighbors ect..). when it is reset, connect one device at a time and test the network. if everything is fine, change your password to the original one. If the network starts giving you adware with the original password, it is most likely a neighbor, or stranger interfering with the network.