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Bill:
FWIW, I had to log in also.
No big deal this time, Windows remembered my password as I have no clue what it is.

Just a one time thing. I guess the update ignores old cookies.

Weird, I never had to log in!

Log in took about 15-20 seconds from the office system
Other than that....seems OK

Sometimes to me it seems so much quicker, but other times it doesn't.

Hate to do it, but I'm going to start looking into other hosting options. I think other traffic on the server we're on has too much effect on us.

Bill

It may be local traffic on the web. With the exception during the recent updating to address the "clunkiness", its been working fine with the exception of local network issues which the board has any control over

http://arstechnica.com/information-...seless-add-ons-and-toolbars-on-pc-users/

This ^^^^^ is what you're dealing with.

Also, watch out for deliberately delayed program update add-ons that clunk up response speed.

http://arstechnica.com/security/201...re-relied-on-java-exploit-to-infect-pcs/

ECN is exactly the kind of site that Red October would've automatically trolled -- just because of its technical content. This type of spyder expands on automatic. It's not placed on a given system consequent to a direct human command. Rather, the spyder is given criteria for infestation -- such as technical terms and a Forum construct -- and then set loose on the Web.

http://arstechnica.com/security/201...re-relied-on-java-exploit-to-infect-pcs/

^^^^ Check out this article INRE chronic Java holes so large that it's embarrassing.


http://arstechnica.com/security/201...s-being-massively-exploited-in-the-wild/

"According to researchers at Alienvault Labs, the exploits work against fully patched installations of Java. Attack files are highly obfuscated and are most likely succeeding by bypassing security checks built in to the program. KrebsOnSecurity said the malware authors say the exploits work against all versions of Java 7."

Wayyy faster over here! Thank you Bill!

Ran another visual server traceroute and it looks like the node problem just before the server has cleared up as well

The last one I ran was on Jan 11 and st that time it showed there was a wonky router in Provo UT, so it may have also impacted the response times.