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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    Thank you for that info as well! I will also follow those instructions and post back here in the morning.
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    Thank you very much for this info! I am going to follow the guide then upgrade to the newest version tomorrow morning. I will post back here with the results and see if this weird activity stops.
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    The RT-AC86U had issues upgrading from earlier versions to Merlinware 384.19 or any later versions including the latest 386 code. I currently have 386.2 installed . I did not mess with the JFFS partition. I switched to the original firmware when these issues started happening because I thought...
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    I tried resetting the router about 10 times and this still is happening . I even flashed to the original firmware then when I tried to change back to Merlin it said upgrade failed . a few weeks later I called my ISP and they reset my modem, only then I was finally able to go back to merlin but...
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    Currently that is set to no. Since this started happening i have been looking into what feature to turn off to increase security so I may have changed that to no after this started happening.
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    I've had this router for a few years and have never noticed this before until about a month ago. How does that explain the many unidentified devices that are there sometimes. It'll go from about 8 devices connected to 18 or 23. I don't even have that many devices, I have no neighbors so it can't...
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    It says they're connected via Ethernet. The strange part is that theyre not always there. Sometimes it'll just show my devices, then for a few second it'll show 20 random devices all called foreign names connected with ethernet, then it'll go away for a couple seconds then reappear again. And...
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    I think my RT-AC86U has a backdoor virus, how do i get rid of it? Please help

    I posted on reddit about this issue, I was told to post here for further assistance. Here's my post: I'm having a security issue with my Asus RT-AC86U, The issue is that the names of some devices on my network keep getting changed to mostly Asian and sometimes English names, I am the only one...
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    How to change TOR exit nodes?

    I want TOR to only connect to a specific country by using exit nodes but the only options are Socks port, Trans port and DNS port. Is there any way I’m able change the exit nodes? I would use a VPN but I can’t find an option to only use specified MAC addresses which TOR has (I need this...
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