The FBI is warning you to reboot your router to prevent a new attack, but there are other steps you need to take - here's what you need to do

Head to the Advanced settings on your router > Administration > Set Password > follow the steps > click Apply.

Some brands like Netgear have the remote-management feature disabled by default, but it's easy to check and worth doing while you're in your router's settings.

On my Netgear router, I go to the Advanced tab > Advanced Setup > click Remote Management > and make sure it's disabled.

If it's enabled, I uncheck the box next to Turn Remote Management On and click apply.

While you're in the Advanced tab or section of your router's settings, head to Firmware Update > click Check if it doesn't automatically start checking > click Update.

Your router will download and install the firmware update onto itself. It'll reboot after it's done, which means you won't have internet for about five or so minutes while it reboots itself.

You could reboot the old-fashioned way by unplugging your router's power and plugging it back in after 10 seconds. But your router likely has an option in its settings to reboot properly.

If you see an option to reboot from the home page of your settings, click it to reboot your router.

On Netgear routers, you have to head to the Advanced tab > and click the Reboot button in the advanced settings home page.

There's no need to go through the simple reboot if you've updated your router's firmware.