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Old 05-30-2018, 08:39 PM
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While I am not defending Comcast, they have the capability to reboot your modem remotely, so it is possible that they are rebooting these from their command...
I manually rebooted mine just in case.
BTW, the reason the FBI want you to reboot is the malware goes to a specific site to get further instructions, and the FBI has taken over control of this site, so when you reboot your will not be downloading the malware instructions.
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