How to protect your wireless router

10 July 2017, By Choose team
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WITH Virgin Media prompting their customers to change the default password of their Superhub routers, we decided to take a look at what settings make a wireless router and home network really secure.

This infographic provides simple instructions on how to secure your wireless router and home network, to help prevent hacking and reduce system vulnerabilities.

Let's take a look.

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