Is Merlin more secure and better performing than the stock firmware?

[Rob Q]

If you want to extend things and tinker about with items - then the RMerlin builds can be very interesting...

I do really like the 'Site Survey' feature on the Merlin build though. I'm always looking to get the most performance possible on the network.

 

[Rob Q]

Actually, I think it would be a good idea to reset AiProtection's stats after installing Diversion and Skynet.

 

[Rob Q]

The laptop has malware installed. which is constantly trying to access malicious websites. You need to clean it up.

Just ran Malwarebytes and 0 threats found.
However, after installing Diversion and Skynet with the latest Merlin build, those sites are not coming up anymore.... so far.

 

[heysoundude]

while anti-virus/malware are quite good additions, another line of defence you might consider on top of Merlin/Scripts/VPN is using a browser/addons that will help protect you, like brave. If you/your mom are Chrome users, it'll be a very short learning curve