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EdV
Sophomore
7 years ago

Strange traffic showing on Asus ac68u router, not on glasswire

  I'm wondering where this activity is coming from.  I have three laptops and all three are showing Avast activity on the Asus AC68u traffic analyzer, but no avast activity is shown on glasswire.  I...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV

EdV

 

Are you showing any AVG traffic on the Asus router?  The reason I ask is that you appear to have AVG installed, and AVG is owned by Avast.  I'm wondering if what you're seeing as Avast traffic is, in fact, tied to your AVG antivirus.  

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EdV
Sophomore
7 years ago

GabeU

Hi Gabe, I think you might gave "decoded" the situation.  I was unaware that AVG was owned by Avast.

 

I do indeed have AVG installed on all three of my laptops.  My router does NOT show any AVG traffic. 

 

However, how would that explain the Avast (or AVG) traffic showing on my android devices (no avg installed) and especially, how would AVG scan my Anycast (miracast)-dongle?

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    7 years ago

    EdV

     

    To be honest, I'm not really sure.  Maybe it's somehow scanning (or trying to) the Anycast dongle and your Android phone through the router.  I'm not really up on networking and if what I mentioned is even technically possible.