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ASUSTOR Newsletter February 2026 Issue 266 |
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Declutter Your Online Life with ASUSTOR Deduplication
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An ASUSTOR NAS is your central platform for storing photos, videos, backups, and work files. Over time, through long term storage of data, duplicate files gradually accumulate over time. These files can come from multiple downloads, failed backups, disorganized file management, or file transfers. If unmanaged, this can unnecessarily consume storage space and make it difficult to find important files. ASUSTOR ADM provides built-in file management tools to help you quickly detect and clean up duplicate files, while improving storage efficiency.
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Easily Detect and Clean Up Duplicate Files
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Use ADM and File Explorer to search for duplicate files and safely delete redundant copies, keeping only the correct versions. |
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The benefits of a duplicate file scan include:
- Recovering unused capacity by eliminating redundant files.
- Streamlining folders and improving organization.
- Optimizing media database management; Ideal for large photo and video collections.
- Improving the efficiency of organizing shared folders and user directories.
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This is particularly useful for multi-user environments, preventing confusion caused by different users uploading or backing up similar files. |
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Improve Backup Efficiency and System Performance |
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Removing duplicate files also enhances backup performance of your NAS. After redundant files are cleared, backup operations can be completed faster as the overall backup task is smaller. A clean storage environment also makes file indexing and access smoother.
Your ASUSTOR NAS is not just a storage device; it's a smart data management tool that helps you keep your data organized, and efficient. |
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GNU Inetutils
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Inetutils versions 1.9.3 to 2.7.
None of ASUSTOR's products are affected by CVE-2026-24061 as GNU Inetutils is not used in ASUSTOR products.
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ADM
An improper input validation vulnerability was found in ADM while joining a AD Domain. When a specific function is enabled while joining a AD Domain from ADM, an improper input parameters validation vulnerability in a specific CGI program allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to write arbitrary data to any file on the system. By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers can overwrite critical system files, leading to a complete system compromise.
Multiple improper certificates validation vulnerabilities have been reported to affect ADM:
- When updating the DDNS settings in ADM
- When sending HTTPS requests to the server
- When querying an external server for the device's WAN IP address
- In a third-party NAT traversal module
Affected products and versions include: from ADM 4.1.0 through ADM 4.3.3.ROF1 as well as from ADM 5.0.0 through ADM 5.1.1.RCI1.
- The issues have been fixed on ADM 5.1.2.RE51.
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ASUSTOR’s Lockerstor 4 Gen3 is the Only NAS to Take the PCMag Crown |
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ASUSTOR’s flagship model, the Lockerstor 4 Gen3, has been officially recognized as one of the Best Tech Products of 2025 by PC Magazine, following its earlier Editors’ Choice rating—a well-deserved affirmation from the tech community. Often regarded as the Oscars of the tech industry, this award involves rigorous testing and performance evaluation of thousands of products submitted throughout the year, with only the most outstanding earning editorial praise. Being included in this category reflects unmatched levels of technical innovation and user experience. The Lockerstor 4 Gen3 demonstrates this with its AMD Ryzen Quad-Core processor, 16 GB of ECC DDR5 memory, four PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs, dual USB4 ports, and dual 10GbE and 5GbE network ports, ensuring maximum speed and eliminating bottlenecks for data transfer and content creation. These capabilities cement its reputation as the only NAS product to receive this prestigious honor in 2025. |
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