Solve : can a router get a virus?

1.	Solve : can a router get a virus?
Answer» a young man who is supposedly computer savvy says that my computer router has a virus and its in my ethernet? Is this possible? How do i fix it? do i replace my ethernet adapter or my router to get rid of it? VERY CONFUSEDRouters can get viruses, they are removed by doing a factory RESET, and they are avoided by choosing and setting a strong password. But you need to be sure if you have a virus that the the infection is not SOMEWHERE else. Since routers have no hard drive they can't get viruses but they can get hacked but a simple resets cures that problem.Quote from: SUPERDAVE on October 18, 2010, 12:50:35 PM Since routers have no hard drive they can't get viruses but they can get hacked but a simple resets cures that problem. It is definitely not true that because routers "have no hard drive" they can't get viruses. Routers CERTAINLY can get viruses; they usually run a VERSION of Linux in RAM, loaded from ROM, and they can get infected. The Chuck Norris virus attacks Linksys and D-Link routers. Another one is called Psyb0t. Just two off the top of my head.

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a young man who is supposedly computer savvy says that my computer router has a virus and its in my ethernet? Is this possible? How do i fix it? do i replace my ethernet adapter or my router to get rid of it? VERY CONFUSEDRouters can get viruses, they are removed by doing a factory RESET, and they are avoided by choosing and setting a strong password. But you need to be sure if you have a virus that the the infection is not SOMEWHERE else.
Since routers have no hard drive they can't get viruses but they can get hacked but a simple resets cures that problem.Quote from: SUPERDAVE on October 18, 2010, 12:50:35 PM

Since routers have no hard drive they can't get viruses but they can get hacked but a simple resets cures that problem.

It is definitely not true that because routers "have no hard drive" they can't get viruses. Routers CERTAINLY can get viruses; they usually run a VERSION of Linux in RAM, loaded from ROM, and they can get infected. The Chuck Norris virus attacks Linksys and D-Link routers. Another one is called Psyb0t. Just two off the top of my head.

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