Not Windows! Its your Router! Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 12:15 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by geek9pm (274 messages posted) We worry about all the holes Microsoft has in Windows and every week we get updates. Are we safe now? No, because it is no longer Windows. , Now they are after your router. I missed this story last month. It knocked me over. Why even bother doing a scan on my Windows XP system if the worm is in the router! Look at this: Psyb0t is armed with 6000 common usernames and 13,000 popular passwords that it tries in various combinations to gain entry to your home network. Most home-based routers will give you unlimited attempts to get the username and password correct, making these devices an ideal target for infection. Also, unlike your PC, your router and modem are running 24 hours a day meaning psyb0t has a relatively unlimited amount of time to try and gain access. from: http://www.pcworld.com/article/161941/nasty_new_worm_targets_home_routers_cable_modems.html Geek9pm Responses to this message: re: Not Windows! Its your Router! (triplate: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 3:42 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Not Windows! Its your Router! (geek9pm: Sat, May 2, 2009, 12:15 am) re: Not Windows! Its your Router! (triplate: Sat, May 2, 2009, 3:42 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum