![]() ![]() The current feeling is some computer in Colonial’s network may have had the Wake on LAN feature enabled which allowed entry to a “wake” magic packet which in turn put the PC into an ON state. It actually is believed that the Colonial Pipeline ransomeware may have been initiated on an “almost” powered “OFF” PC. So save some money and increase security and do a shutdown EVERY day when you are done for the day. ![]() Windows 10 also has way more programs running in the background as well and anti-virus software (depends on the settings in the software) may be scanning as well. ![]() High end PCs today use more electricity due to higher CPU power consumption plus graphics cards have their own GPU that requires a fan as well. Not much, but multiply that times over 1000 PCs 365 days a year and it really added up. We had to "Pass" a yearly test about PC security or we could lose internet and intranet (internal network) access.Ģ0 years ago, another company I worked for did a test and found out that leaving a PC on all night long cost about 50¢. Any "Suspicious" emails were not be opened and were to be attached to an email and sent to the "Spam" mailbox for evaluation. Don't think they ever got in that way, but every now and then a "phishing" email would make it through and when alerted, security would send out emails to absolutely not open the email and to delete it immediately. We were told to "Shut Down" at night as that was when China & Russia were waking up and starting their day and the heavy "Probing" started. contractor that had over 4000 PCs and numerous other devices with internet access. Hackers tend to go after corporate installations for the far greater potential to wreak havoc that could result in a payoff.Ī shut down PC cannot be hacked and "Sleep Mode" is NOT a shut down PC. There is little if any reason to do this, and a few, admittedly debatable reasons not to!įurther, I wonder if the PC is going to "sleep", is hibernation enabled, or are you just leaving the PC on? Since security was your original thrust of the sandbox conversation, are you aware that a PC in any of those modes can potentially be hacked? Positively "yes" this would be a very rare occurrence, but so is hacking a personal PC. And to have a PC at 82 days of uptime essentially means you have not rebooted/shutdown for 82 days. "Uptime" is generally a useful computer term but generally used for information on a server, not an individual PC where its main function is bragging rights. To be honest, and no offense intended, I think with respect to your PC you are suffering from "analysis paralysis". And it is very easy, not much more than a single setting to have it not startup at boot. GE has minimal bloat, and it is easy to control (removal of old maps, etc) so there isn't any need to run it in the sandbox. ![]()
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