Malware damaging ASUS routers?

[ATLga]

Y'all gotta start voting with your wallet

 

[alan6854321]

OK @Tech9, dial back the snark.

Sorry, but I'm with @Tech9 here.

My heart sinks when a question is asked on a forum such as this and someone replies with a cut&paste from ChatGPT or similar.

I think it should be actively banned.

 

[iFrogMac]

Y'all gotta start voting with your wallet

Count me in, as I already did

 

[Jbennett360]

Count me in, as I already did

What did you go with?

 

[iFrogMac]

What did you go with?

The Asus RT-BE92U. Almost the same form factor as the RT-AX86U but has one 10 G LAN/WAN and 4 2.5G ports with one also being a WAN option and it has 6GHz.

 

[ATLga]

Seems like in the past that Asus had pushed some updates, regardless of the user update settings. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen that happen, but it did happen.
Why isn’t Asus pushing out some forced small update/patch to plug whatever hole is open on the routers. Doesn’t have to be a big, normal firmware update. Just a small “patch” pushed out. The amount of comments about bricked routers is getting crazy. How many do you think are out there that aren’t posted on this forum.

 

[ATLga]

The Asus RT-BE92U. Almost the same form factor as the RT-AX86U but has one 10 G LAN/WAN and 4 2.5G ports with one also being a WAN option and it has 6GHz.

Buying another Asus isn’t exactly voting with your wallet

 

[ATLga]

ASUS EOL list for routers has the AX-86U as EOL.

End-of-life product list

It may well get a firmware update (as other EOL models already have), but who knows...

That page at the bottom also says "2. Available and EOL versions and models may varied from regions to regions. Please contact local ASUS
representatives for the most recommended versions/models."

I don’t see ax86 on that list

 

[Tech9]

ASUS EOL list for routers has the AX-86U as EOL.

Where exactly you see RT-AX86U on this list?

 

[gdp416]

Where exactly you see RT-AX86U on this list?

I'm dyslexic. I read AX-68U as AX86U. Deleted incorrect post.

 

[iFrogMac]

Buying another Asus isn’t exactly voting with your wallet

Well since Apple discontinued Airport, there isn't anything else I am really happy with after trying Netgear, TP-Link, etc. In the case of this flaw, it seems like it's mainly the RT-AX86U (original ) that's not getting the treatment. The new router seems to have the patched firmware, and it's not mentioned as being affected by this. Besides, I don't use the features that open the router to this particular Malware. With that said, it sounds like people have gotten their routers affected without AICloud enabled as well. So, I had gotten the new router before even learning about this for port upgrades and for the new line of firmware updates. Learning about this just made me happier that I upgraded before I had an issue.

 

[Tech9]

The Asus RT-BE92U.

So you completely missed what @ATLga means by voting with your wallet.

 

[Jbennett360]

The Asus RT-BE92U. Almost the same form factor as the RT-AX86U but has one 10 G LAN/WAN and 4 2.5G ports with one also being a WAN option and it has 6GHz.

Surely voting with your wallet means not buying more Asus hardware?

 

[DJones]

Sorry, but I'm with @Tech9 here.

My heart sinks when a question is asked on a forum such as this and someone replies with a cut&paste from ChatGPT or similar.

I think it should be actively banned.

I think users that cannot or do not research on their own questions should be banned.

Maybe I’m the minority, but dependence on other people who go out of their way to help isn’t good. That said why should I put more effort into an answer then dropping a chatgpt text when they won’t help themselves.

Honesty chatgpt is just a tool. As long as you research the facts it’s often at least a convenient tool if you don’t want to type out instructions in a concise way. I think cheating a little is okay in that regard.

If users need clarification or if it’s beyond just a simple fix or not having any experience with scripting that’s different. That’s a skill set issue not simply minor lack of effort. Users should learn complex knowledge, but I don’t blame them if they don’t. It’s the stuff that is regurgitated again and again on the forum that’s annoying.

 

[Tech9]

If users need clarification

Some users need clarification on the clarification and always want to make sure and double and tipple check. After all this - jump from one bad supported router to another with beta firmware on it and exactly the same problematic software offered there. No human or AI can help.

 

[ATLga]

Some users need clarification on the clarification and always want to make sure and double and tipple check. After all this - jump from one bad supported router to another with beta firmware on it and exactly the same problematic software offered there. No human or AI can help.

I see what you did there

 

[DJones]

I see what you did there

What’d he do I need some clarification?

 

[ATLga]

What’d he do I need some clarification?

You'll have to go back and read through the thread and then read between the lines...

 

[DJones]

You'll have to go back and read through the thread and then read between the lines...

Damn. These lines always blur together.

 

[ATLga]

Damn. These lines always blur together.

Hint - It wasn't directed at you