14 DAY TRIAL // Data breaches, hacks and virus infections are nasty things, but they are stuff that businesses/corporations can mostly recover from.
Unfortunately, there is one vulnerability: NAS devices have to be connected to the network, which means they can, directly or indirectly, be accessed from the web.
There are lots of firewalls and safeguards in place of course, encryption levels and whatnot, but there's always a risk you could use even your backups.
So, to make it harder on viruses to cause irreparable damage, antivirus is used on NAS devices.
However, even though NAS devices are small computers, of sorts, it's still ideal if you found an antivirus specifically designed for them and their particular method of using computing, memory and storage resources.
QNAP Systems has just announced the release of McAfee Antivirus for Turbo NAS systems. Users only need a subscription with McAfee to both protect and heal already infected files. Just be sure your QNAP NAS runs QTS 4.1 App Center.
Alas, this is a limited-time special offer. Customers that sign up right now will get a year's protection for $15 / €11, and two years for $30 / €22, plus a 30-day free trial. Soon, though, the price will be of $25 / €18 and $50 / €37, respectively.