Read this link and you know how to get rid of it.
https://appuals.com/fix-unknown-strange-devices-showing-network/
This is not really a security problem.
Amazon Device randomly showing up on Network.
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I've got a random Amazon KFAUWI device showing up on my network as a device beside my driver for my router. Can anyone help? I am sure it is not a device in my house, as everything is set to something we've done or one of our names. Can anyone tell me if i'm stupid or if this is a general happening?
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2018-08-11T22:24:22+00:00 That is very odd. I have never seen this once I turned off and disabled WPS on all WiFi routers and "Windows Connect Now - Config Registrar" service on all Windows 8/10 PC's. I assume you tried rebooting routers and PC's after turning things off/disabling.
I have seen two weird cases:
- A WiFi router that had WPS but no option to turn it off (I do not remember the make/model). I just replaced the router.
- I missed one Windows 10 PC and because they were Home grouped together the phantom was showing up on the other PC's as well.
Sorry I could not be of more help. I still believe the phantom's are annoying but harmless.
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Anonymous
2018-08-11T21:20:37+00:00 Except we don't have any Amazon device. All devices we do have are accounted for. Whatever is popping up isn't ours. The only thing that works is to not broadcast (hide the network).
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2018-08-11T20:03:17+00:00 I have Windows Connect Now service and WPS disabled, and these random phones/tablets still show up.
So your theory about those is wrong. I also have UPnP disabled (UPnP host service in Windows, and UPnP in my router).
It's still a mystery, to be honest. But I can say for sure that it's not (just) Windows Connect Now and/or WPS.
My current theory is that one or more of our Amazon devices is popping up a hot-spot, or a server or something similar, finding it can't connect, timing out and shutting down. The obvious thing to do would be to turn them all off and wait a few days to see what happens, but that idea isn't practical.
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2018-08-10T16:56:53+00:00 For some reason the amazon echo does this, it will change names too, but the mac address matches the mac on the echo... Im currently researching why echo keeps changing names, I have been noticing this for months on my network... for now i'll just blame it on the NSA or Obama :-) I have not found any solutions as of yet for this.