AVG antivirus try to login to my router

RouterOS General
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i have win 10 PC and avg antivirus when i run smart scan the antivirus try to login to my router xmmmm is that normal??
i run the avg test many times and always try to login via telnet & ftp



aug/05/2020 23:28:38 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via telnet
aug/05/2020 23:28:42 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via ftp
aug/05/2020 23:33:03 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via telnet
aug/05/2020 23:33:07 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via ftp
aug/05/2020 23:34:53 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via telnet
aug/05/2020 23:34:57 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via ftp
aug/05/2020 23:40:58 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via telnet
aug/05/2020 23:41:01 system,error,critical login failure for user admin from 192.168.10.102 via ftp

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I don’t have experience with the PC version of AVG/Avast (merged since 2016), but on mobile “smart scan” checks security issues in the network. Telnet and FTP transport password in plaintext as at the time of their development security was not in focus, so having them enabled on the router is a security hole as it is relatively easy to intercept network traffic and learn the admin password to the router. And you cannot test whether a service is active on a server unless you attempt to connect to it.