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As @ColinTaylor recommended, change the access (i.e. login) details of your ISP first. Make a strong password to your ISP account. You mentioned an ISP modem. You must already have a router connected to the modem on the one side and the devices at the other end. If this is correct, the router...

Thx every one for chipping in. The good part of the spam was it was sent to an alias email ID, which I deleted immediately. There are no hyper links over the Norton logo. Just a download button. The email was from another alias email [email protected] from a very popular service provider. I really...

I have an MBAM real time, which is a permanent licence - 10 years old — associated with one of the emails, which is no longer used except personal communications. I use a different email for shopping and a lot of them get forwarded via hide my IP. My AV is with bitdefender for 2 devices. It...

I don’t know if you had set up the admin account properly. You should add the account to the admin group. Please see this, this, this and follow. If you haven’t joined the QNAP forum, please do join. Those guys will be able to offer extensive guidance with QNAP.

Right, you have created a new thread because @thiggins closed the other one! Sorry, I am unable to see how is this different. May be, some one can chip in. Best wishes!

His question are: 1) How to keep the NAS in the local network without internet so that his appliances can see it? If he has a BT home hub, this wouldn’t be easy. The OP can access the access control to see if that can be achieved. Denying may disable access every where. A third-party or an...

As some one suggested in this thread, please install the last known stable version. If in doubt, please post the version you are keen on, and ask advise.

Far from that. This has been made clearer to you by many security hardened folks here. Buying a new hardware will not solve your problem. I’m done posting in this thread.

I’m glad you solved the problem. I’m sorry if and unless I have missed the details, we have no view of your network topology, devices, how the intruder got in in the first place; without these, there is no way we can be sure you fixed the issue. Even if you have, there is no certainty it won’t...

Some one still uses M-Disc in 2020s. I thought we have moved on. Exceptions are always there. Here is one! :D Is there a reason you use this instead of SSDs? Of course, it is claimed to last 1000 years! :)

Never used NAS as we don’t see the need. Our storage inc music and photos are < 1 TB. Its stored in One drive, a copy on the PC and an offline back up. A copy of our photos are also on icloud. We haven’t bothered ripping movies. However, OS and software vulnerabilities are not uncommon. They...

I am not very enthusiastic about the PhotoRec. Let’s hope the OP has made progress. I do think a clean start, which is unfortunate, is the only way forward, keeping the NAS off the net.

@Pompeyexile We haven’t heard from you. How are you getting along?

Keeping the system up to date, disabling UPnP, disabling remote access, Strong Password, a good firewall (ex: PfSense, untangled) and Vlan should be a very good set up and minimise the threat. I also think NAS should be remain on the LAN and should be denied internet access.

It’s your money; up to you how you want to spend it. The folks here know what it takes to stay secured. Buying a new equipment — unless it’s outdated, not fit for purpose, broken — isn’t a fix in the medium term. Because, the fundamental problem remains unsolved, risking another event. This is...