RE: Re: ADSL Modem recommendation

["Sean" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

I read about this on either the BBC or TheRegister, my net connection is
playing silly beggers 2nite so I can't check which one.

But there was a comment from Belkin on it.

Sean

--
"No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they
choose
the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by
the young are wearying."
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 November 2003 20:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: ADSL Modem recommendation


> > Take the Belkin back! There have been issues reported
> > recently where a firmware upgrade to one of their
> > wireless routers randomly hijacked a HTTP request and
> > rerouted it to an unsolicited advert page. This continues
> > every 8 hours unless you explicitly opt-out.
> > Your router may not be susceptible, but to be honest,
> > they don't deserve your custom if they're pulling stunts
> > like that.
>
> Holy sh!t !!!
> Are there any news links or anything about this you are aware of ??
> I think I might do a bit of digging on this before I decide to
> return it.

Are you absolutely sure that this is real?

I can't imagine Belkin being stupid enough to put some sort of
"adware"
in
their firmware update - sounds more like one of those urban myths to
me...

...personally I've had no problems with my Belkin WiFi kit other than
one
weekend it locked up a few times. I reflashed the firmware and it's
behaved
itself impeccably ever since.

Phil