An instructive exchange I copied from another list follows for the benefit of those who may be considering buying themselves a router. Don't buy a Belkin.
> > Hi All > > > > For a week or so now I have been starting up my laptop in the office and > > receiving a immediate pop-up spam add. > > > > Havinf all filters turned on including security, popups and cookies I was > > going nuts trying to figure out how I had became infected with a url > > transfer spam program in my Linux box. > > > > Thanks to a posting on another list I was able to ascertain that what is > > happening is that a router company has initiated an add campain of popups > > through their routers. > > The URL that always appears is: > > http://filter.belkin.com/setup.asp?SN=BEL13KK0&RP=21456&IP=192.168.0.2&FV=2 > >.00.04 > > > > which is a Belkin Router add. > > > > The following story explains the situation: > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/07/1740205&tid=153 > > > > My solution to this issue is to post notices on all know BB that if you buy > > Belkin products expects spam from Belkin. > > > > that is a *horrifying* story. i'll certainly join you in boycotting > > belkin products while they maintain such a heinous policy and > > unapologetic tone. the mind boggles when you consider that the maker > > of a NIC chip could do something similar, or a video card maker could > > paint pop-up ads right into the frame buffer, a keyboard maker could > > make the keyboard change "http:..." strings to other URLs. > > > > i think the ghastliest line was that "The router would grab a random HTTP > > connection every eight hours and redirect it to Belkin's (push) advertised > > web page." you would really begin to suspect your devices were consipiring > > against you--and in this case, you'd be right!! > > > > the following page has more info, including belkin's weak response: > > http://www.marco.org/content/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=36 > > > > just do a google search on "boycott belkin" > > > > thanks for sharing, frank
