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How to get rid of VPNFilter malware (even though you don’t know if your router is infected)
Posted on June 6, 2018 by pcwrt in Router, Security, Technology.
Ars Technica reported today that the VPNFilter malware targets a much larger number of devices than previously thought (200,000 additional routers were added to the initial estimate of 500,000). And it is more powerful than revealed in original analysis. VPNFilter’s elaborate design involves three stages. Stage 1 acts as a backdoor that uses a sophisticated […]

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Can Alexa be used to spy?
Posted on June 5, 2018 by pcwrt in Security, Technology.
On May 24, 2018, Portland, Oregon local TV station Kiro 7 reported that an Amazon Alexa device recorded a private conversation, then sent it out to a random contact. Amazon confirmed the incident, and attributed it to an “unlikely” string of events that caused Alexa to mistakingly interpret background sounds as commands. In other words, […]

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Put IoT devices on guest network
Posted on June 3, 2018 by pcwrt in Security, Technology.
IoT devices are known to be vulnerable to cyber attacks. The best known instance of such an attack is probably the Mirai botnet. The botnet infected numerous IoT devices (such as home routers and IP security cameras) and used them to perform a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It brought down major web sites […]

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How to flash the Torch router with pcWRT
Posted on August 4, 2017 by pcwrt in Router, Technology.
What you need: Download the firmware image from here. MD5 checksum: e2f1bb281dd9f78cd603faf515491548. A TFTP server. You can use PumpKIN if you don’t have a favorite one. Download the appropriate binary for your operating system. The steps (using Windows as example below). Configure your Ethernet address: open Windows network center, click “Change adapter settings”. Find […]

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The demise of Jawbone, a case of crappy products
Posted on July 14, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.
Jawbone, invested by top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, once valued at more than $3bn, closed its doors, leaving customers hanging. Some attributed its failure to “overfunding“, others blamed a shrinking wearables market. But in our opinion, the reason is simple and dry – it’s a case of crappy products. […]

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The Torch router is dead, and why pcWRT is better
Posted on June 2, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.
The Torch Router started out as a Kickstarter campaign in October 2015, and started shipping in October 2016. On May 9, 2017 some Torch users received emails informing them that Torch ceased operations. On May 31, 2017 it went completely dark, to the dismay of many. Since we also offer a parental control solution on […]

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How to test whether or not your OpenDNS settings are working
Posted on August 14, 2016 by pcwrt in How To, Technology.
This is probably the easiest way to check that your computer is using OpenDNS: open a browser and enter https://www.opendns.com/welcome/. If you are using OpenDNS, you’ll see something like this: If you are not using OpenDNS, you’ll see something like this:

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What to look for in a parental control router?
Posted on August 13, 2016 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.
With the proliferation of digital gadgets at home, more and more parents turn to parental control on the WiFi router as a solution to managing children’s online experience. If you do some research, you’ll find a number of choices in this category. That’s the good news – more options are available now than before. But […]

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Making it easy to set up your home WiFi network
Posted on May 27, 2016 by pcwrt in How To, News, Technology.
We are thrilled that PC Magazine recently ran a review of our router product. In summary this is what they said: The Peace Wireless Router applies content filtering and Internet time scheduling to every device on your home network, but getting it configured requires some serious tech expertise. While we are happy about the first […]

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How do Yahoo, Bing and Google SafeSearch compare to each other?
Posted on August 13, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.
Trust me, if you have young kids at home, you want to turn on SafeSearch for the search engines. No, you don’t have to enter nasty words to get nasty results. Searches with innocent words can bring nasty results to your screens. Try “american video”, “european video”, “latin video”, “asian video” and see for yourselves. […]

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