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<blockquote data-quote="Zero Knowledge" data-source="post: 1124778" data-attributes="member: 57429">It wouldn&#039;t hurt power cycling the modem on and off. It will get rid of some malware but not all depending on how the router is exploitable and what exploits are out there.Your right though in your second point, the problem is if the router has know exploits or vulnerabilities it will just get reinfected on reboot.Personally I think hardware is current hot attack vector for malicious actors. ISP routers have the advantage of being supported so exploits are patched and routers updated. It doesn&#039;t mean you won&#039;t get infected but even enterprise gear is rubbish and needs constant updates. The best consumer/home routers are ASUS and Netgear imho, then you have Ubiquiti/Mikrotik which are sort of half consumer and half enterprise gear but are liked by network geeks around the world and then you have enterprise gear like Cisco/Palo/SonicWall/Fortinet/Barracuda/WatchGuard/Juniper which are useless on home networks and have just as many bugs as consumer routers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zero Knowledge, post: 1124778, member: 57429"] It wouldn't hurt power cycling the modem on and off. It will get rid of some malware but not all depending on how the router is exploitable and what exploits are out there. Your right though in your second point, the problem is if the router has know exploits or vulnerabilities it will just get reinfected on reboot. Personally I think hardware is current hot attack vector for malicious actors. ISP routers have the advantage of being supported so exploits are patched and routers updated. It doesn't mean you won't get infected but even enterprise gear is rubbish and needs constant updates. The best consumer/home routers are ASUS and Netgear imho, then you have Ubiquiti/Mikrotik which are sort of half consumer and half enterprise gear but are liked by network geeks around the world and then you have enterprise gear like Cisco/Palo/SonicWall/Fortinet/Barracuda/WatchGuard/Juniper which are useless on home networks and have just as many bugs as consumer routers. [/QUOTE]

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