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Re: ZLob/DNSChanger Trojan now can modify DNS Servers in your SOHO Router
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:x3E4k.13213$8q2.5746@trnddc02...
> From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m>
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> | There are other exploits that do this as well. The best protection
> against
> | this is to use a strong password on your router.
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> Yes. There have been discussions about SOAP in conjunction with uPnP.
> However using uPnP
> you may be able to bypass the TCP port 80 authentication.
>
And turn off uPnP. I forgot about that. It's the first thing I do with
anything I set up that may have it enabled. If you can believe this
Microsoft wants uPnP turned on so they can automagically configure the
router with the still in beta SBS 2008. Trustworthy computing :-)
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Kerry Brown
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