Quote Originally Posted by cabaloo
@Harry Kuhman:
It should be mentioned that of course routers can become the target of online attacks and manipulations with a serious impact as well.
Sure, anything can if you don't take care and stay aware of what is going on. None the less, there are vastly more infested PCs out on the Internet than infested routers. You statement should certainly not be used as an excuse to not protect a PC with a router.