Paul G
I keep my network adapter off on my DAW setup but after turning off Defender last night the 'white screen' went away.  I'm happy.  Thanks Beep!
 
Paul

Glad to help. Just be careful and remember to turn it on and scan any files you might import onto the system from like a flash drive or whatever. Cheers.

Yep,,, my internet cable is 20' away from my DAW where it stays until once in a blue moon I have to do some updating. And that's only the stupid kind that force you on the net like Steinberg..The rest are brought in on a well scanned USB drive.
 Computers are dirt cheap, Keep an old beater for the internet and if it blows up because you went poking in dark places on the net--, re build it!  Unless your DAW is a part time hobby or whatever, if you have the option unplug it! 
 
I have MSE installed on my DAW but it is always off and red. 
 
 

If you prefer to disable ethernet periodically, keep your Ethernet cable plugged in. Just disable the adapter (right click disable). More resources saved that way as well.

I keep mine on. You would never catch me disabling AV or firewall and I STRONGLY advise others not to do so. Your machine is powerful enough to handle it. If you have issues then it is not configured correctly.

Cheers...

The Cable is unplugged AND the adapter is disabled. The cable is unplugged because it's in another room otherwise I'd do as you say.. My computer is heavy and hard to get at the back!! 

CakeAlexS
If you prefer to disable ethernet periodically, keep your Ethernet cable plugged in. Just disable the adapter (right click disable). More resources saved that way as well.

I keep mine on.

Cheers...

Well I'm no hxx0rz kid but to me it seems that disabling the connection through so called "logical" connections (AKA software) would be more easily compromised than disabling the "physical" connection (no wire for anything to go through even if the system is somehow compromised).
 
Basically just trusting that the o/s actually DID cut the connection AND that a skilled individual wouldn't be able to override that command does not provide me with the same comfort that yanking the cord right out the back of the system (which actually takes LESS time than disabling the network card "logically").
 
And even if the system is compromised somehow if you only have the "physical" connection hooked up for short periods like I do it likely isn't enough time for any nefarious neer do wells to access the system to do anything useful to them like use it as a zombie, download data, upload data, etc.
 
It is an overabundance of caution but that's my DAW so I treat it like I would a guitar or an amp. I kind of liken leaving it connected to the tubes like leaving a piece of gear out on the sidewalk during load in. Get it in the club or back into the jam space ASAP and keep a VERY close eye on it while it sits there out in the open.
 
My laptop is where I do all my surfing and general internet nonsense because I can wipe/restore it very easily if something goes wacky.

If you disable the driver (adapter) it stops working and then nothing has access to the TCP/IP stack or any other protocol stack. Network is killed. You do not ever need to unplug Ethernet cable unless your cable is too short. But if it makes you feel happier :) Cheers.

After a lifetime of no viral computer infections I must say I'm very disappointed with MSE which did not detect a recent virus and Trojan on my computer. I was subject to a barrage of spam and had my email account suspended by my ISP it was so severe.
Multiple runs of MSE didn't find a thing and pronounced my system clean and protected. Fortunately this was on my laptop and not my DAW.
I have since switched to a subscription service through my ISP.

I've never seen a virus scanner detect all viruses. I think they are all pretty lousy but better than nothing. I run a ZoneAlarm Extreme subscription but I'm going to change as soon as the subscription expires mainly because of lousy tech support and ridiculous censorship in their forums.

I've recently become extremely impressed with the latest version of malwarebytes. I had to clean up a friends machine recently and it was the only scanner that worked well, and now they do real time scanning.

I normally have no viruses... But recently I have browsed my old archive, and I have noticed that "something" was "awaken"... I have found one beast manually, packed it into archive and tried to detect it using antiviruses.
Windows Defender from 8.1 and the latest Avira was not able to recognize it even as potentially dangerous. But g-data has immediately spotted it. At our University, after switch to Windows 8, we have thought we are reasonably safe by default. The same was for me with Avira. Really disappointed...

mudgel
After a lifetime of no viral computer infections I must say I'm very disappointed with MSE which did not detect a recent virus and Trojan on my computer. I was subject to a barrage of spam and had my email account suspended by my ISP it was so severe.
Multiple runs of MSE didn't find a thing and pronounced my system clean and protected. Fortunately this was on my laptop and not my DAW.
I have since switched to a subscription service through my ISP.

I definitely wouldn't trust MSE for general browsing even if the "experts" give it high marks. I've been using Avast for years and it's been really good but lately they've started to get weird. I think they got sold and now it's annoying as heck, it seems to cause more lag than it used to and I have a feeling it's not quite as powerful/effective as it used to be. I am seriously considering trying something else next time I wipe this system.
 

CakeAlexS

I've recently become extremely impressed with the latest version of malwarebytes. I had to clean up a friends machine recently and it was the only scanner that worked well, and now they do real time scanning.

Now THAT is interesting. So they've basically when from an alternate scanning tool to being a full blown AV? Because yeah... MWB has always been really good... it just wasn't a substitute for a regular AV.
 
hmmm...