Fing Fingbox - Frequent Q Uestions a Bout I Nternet S Ecurity C Heck

Frequent questions about Internet Security Check
The report shows old information
At the time of this writing, the Internet Security Check is runs periodically every 7 days. The time
of the last check is displayed in the top-right corner of the Internet Security Check screen. We
are introducing a manual refresh button to perform the security check on-demand. The refresh
will take up to 10 minutes to complete. The “manual refresh” feature will be released as a
software update before end of 2017.
The report doesn’t list all the ports I know are open
Fing Security Check scans all the 65,535 ports for TCP and UDP protocols. However, the
firewall on your router, or your service provider’s firewall, may detect this as a “burst” scan
attack and temporarily ban the Fing scanning server. The Fing scanner applies all the modern
techniques to avoid detection (as a malicious attacker would do) but router manufacturers and
service providers have smart people doing their job! Good news for your security.
I see UPnP-mapped ports pointing to devices that are no longer in my network
This may be because the applications that asked the mapping didn’t clean up or crashed before
being able to do it. In most cases, these “stale” mappings can be cleared by restarting your
router. We are introducing the ability for Fingbox users to close these ports manually. This
“closing UPNP ports” feature will be released as a software update before end of 2017.
Fingbox User’s Guide - App v6.2.1 Page 48