Suspicious software installed on the Linksys routers of the (previous) E and Wireless-N series (and on wireless Internet access nodes) is attributed to the particular reduced Internet access speed experienced by users.
The malware bypasses the authentication process ID cardς διαχειριστή και πλημμυρίζει το δίκτυο με εξερχόμενη κίνηση. Σύμφωνα με την Belkin, κατασκευάστρια εταιρεία των router/access point, το malware “TheMoon” είναι ένα worm που «σέρνεται» σε δρομολογητές στους οποίους έχει ενεργοποιηθεί η δυνατότητα απομακρυσμένης managementς router/access point, επιλογή που είναι από constructions disabled.
For now, Belkin provides instructions that will disable the "moonlight" software by disabling remote management and anonymous filtering requests from the Internet.
The company also recommends disabling and re-activating the network device, a process by which malware is removed.
However, update to the firmware of the device is going to be released in the next few weeks, Belkin promises.
However, the security spot that spotted it Internet Storm center at the Institute GLUTEN not only has it become widely known but has already released the method for its exploitation.