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Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:08 am
by Skeithex
Most companies do this, I know at my workplace I set it to be about 5 minutes before the pc locks up.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:11 am
by froggyboy604
I bet, companies also save some electricity if they set computers to sleep after not being used for 10 minutes.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:20 am
by Skeithex
It does, you be surprised how much a constant running pc racks up the electric bill.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:00 am
by froggyboy604
I feel computers which are left ON and connected to the internet for hours to days are more likely to get a virus like the Wannacry ransomware which attack the smb port in Windows.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 5:13 am
by Skeithex
Very true, I've heard of peer to peer type viruses that uses your machine in a hive type setup to infect other things.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:20 am
by froggyboy604
I heard some virus infected computers are used for DDoS attacks after infecting a computer with a virus.
I feel it is safer to disconnect from the internet to prevent getting infected with a DDoS virus. I think the Wannacry virus creator knew of a security problem in Windows, and infected a lot of computers which were online, and only used the Windows firewall or another firewall which can't stop wannacry.
Re: Recommended AV?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:50 am
by Skeithex
If I don't plan on using my PC, I shut it down or pull the Ethernet cord. Be nice if AVs came with a internet shut off switch that would keep a PC disconnected.