After a restart & before a login, my PC is open to all sorts of internet connections with no VPN

p3087304

Many nights when getting off my PC I would issue a restart. When looking through my Malewarebytes log recently, I was surprised to see it updating during the night when I was not logged on. I now run a batch file to restart the PC and disable the connection.

netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" DISABLE

shutdown.exe /r /t 10

In the 'all user' startup group I run another batch file to reconnect the lan.

netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" ENABLE

Has anyone else noticed this issue? (This is with Windows 7 btw)

Omnibus_IV

That's sounds like too much work. Why not setup your firewall to do this as opposed to using a script. I use Comodo to control my TAP adapter so if TAP is not active then some applications will not run. I would think that using the Firewall would give you more control. But the Firewall must be configurable.

p3087304

Omnibus_IV

Thanks for the Comodo idea, I will look into that. But shouldn't the VPN have some provision for disabling the adapter(s) when the user is logged off?

M$ telemetry, and/or updates, plus all sorts of programs can run for good or evil while no one is watching. Has this issue been discussed before? As I said, I stumbled upon it by chance.

Thanks...

Omnibus_IV

On my laptop running Win8.1 with a Realtek RTL8188EE card, the TAP shuts off a returns control back to the WLAN card. I happen to use Comodo just to block some apps like Outlook so I do not get an attempted login from Russia, or wherever I have to use that server. I am not sure about the issues you listed, but Comodo has blocked several "phone homes" so it might also resolve those issues.

JackO

the best most assured way is to put your system behind a router that has PIA VPN installed. That way when you restart the computer its still protected by the VPN as long as the router is operating with its PIA VPN installed and operating. Or....use the firewall idea.