Comment on Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors
db2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wouldn’t a factory reset also “fix” it then?
Comment on Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors
db2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wouldn’t a factory reset also “fix” it then?
n3cr0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, except if they alter the factory image. In this case a new factory image has to be flashed before factory reset.
I haven’t tried on my ASUS router, yet. But there might be a serial port in one of the RJ45 sockets, as on my old netgear. Plug in your PC there and run the manufacturer’s flash utility.
This trick worked for me when a normal factory reset didn’t help getting back acces to the WebUI.