Nasty new trojan changes router settings

sunbeltblog.blogspot.com ~

 

"According to researchers contacted by Security Fix, recent versions of the ubiquitous "Zlob" Trojan (also known as DNSChanger) will check to see if the victim uses a wireless or wired hardware router. If so, it tries to guess the password needed to administer the router by consulting a built-in list of default router username/password combinations."

 

So, the moral of the story is always set a highly secure password on your router and never use the default. :smileywink:

Specific, manufacturer-based video tutorials on how to secure your wireless router are available at this link:
http://onguardonline.gov/tutorials/index.html#tutorials-wireless

That is a great resource site.  Thanks!

It is a consequence of this:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/Web-page-can-take-over-your-router_1.html

The Trojan tries one combination per approximately 100 milliseconds, which makes 600 combinations per minute.
http://www.trustedsource.org/blog/42/New-DNSChanger-Trojan-hacks-into-routers