[ale] Slightly OT - Verizon/McAfee scareware and testing Wireless Networks

[Neal Rhodes]

So, I don't know what possessed me to turn on the Verizon supplied
security app on my Samsung phone.   But, I did. 

And as soon as I walked into church, it lit up with a message about the
wireless in the main hall, to wit:   "the security of this network has
been compromised!"

and it double dares me to ignore it.  And it repeats.    Now, I'm not
personally iinvolved in this network; I recall it's maybe a business
Comcast router feeding some Cisco wireless routers.   Doesn't seem like
hardware that would get compromised. 

Then I walk into the Sanctuary, and it switches wireless and complains
again.   Now, the only wireless in the Sanctuary is a Linksys router
which is connected to the Behringer X32 digital sound board.   It has NO
connection to the internet at all, and only three devices know the
password.  Those devices manage the sound.  uhhhh, how is it even
possible this device/wireless has been compromised?

Naturally, the Verizon app, powered by McAfee, won't tell me any details
about these alleged compromises, but it does offer to sell me their
enhanced WiFi protection.    I have to suspect this is scareware.  

However, I'm wondering if there is some reasonably simple scan I can do
with normal Android or Windows software to discern if there is any
credence to this? 

It does not bitch at me at home. 

Regards, 


Neal 
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