said by schwendrick 
:Actually I wanted to remove attention from the router as I presumed that's the first thing that would be focused on.
At what point during the boot cycle does the PC become vulnerable through the network port, and is it late enough that my security software is enough in place to prevent malware from being installed/executed?
Thanks
Network should come up last, but there's no guarantee. If you are paranoid about it, before you shut down the machine turn off the network card (nethood ->properties ->device ->disable)
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