Question A "network location" has appeared on its own under C and D drives ?

[Estorm]

Hello.

Yesterday, a “network location” appeared on its own under C and D drives in My Computer. It’s labelled as Mediashare 1. The folder itself is empty. When I right click it and display its properties, its manufacturer is my Router's brand, IP is displayed as the usual local IP and the MAC adress is exactly the same as printed on the bottom of the router except the last digit. Clicking the IP takes me to the login page for router settings.

My understanding is that it is supposed to enable sharing files across devices that are linked to the router, but this is not something I set up. It appeared on its own out of nowhere which makes me worried.

Why could this have appeared? How can I disable this, and make sure that it’s disabled? Do I need to format the PC? Does formatting even help if this is due to a setting inside the router?

Thanks for the help.

PS. Both the PC and the router are not new, the only software I recently installed was Firefox...

 

[dwd999]

You could check the Privacy and Security panel in Firefox to see if any media sharing options are turned on there.

Or if you go through all of your router's settings you may find a mediashare setting there and turn it off. Or if you have a .pdf version of your router's manual you could use the .pdf reader's search function to find where the setting is among your router's various categories.

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model router?

As above per @dwd999

And I suggest adding some screenshots showing "My PC", the added network locations, and the router settings.

Plus open Disk Management, expand so all can be seen and take a screenshot as well.

Post the screenshots here via imgur (www.imgur.com).