petromonitor
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Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 12:10:45 AM
I did not face any similar problem.
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PuddinPal
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Message Posted: Mar 6, 2012 10:10:42 AM
I have not noticed a problem on my computer, however, when one has millions of GasBuddies visiting the site each day, it would not be surprising that the equipment got strained during busy times.
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BullDozer50
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Message Posted: Mar 5, 2012 5:56:12 PM
ummmm, I was on a Mac and had the same issue Friday morning
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rumbleseat
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 10:31:58 PM
"That's the beauty of dealing with people who use Windows: 99 out of 100 are infected with at least one virus. If the computer has been in use for more than a year, you are pretty much guaranteed to be infected."
We are going back to that again are we? Telling people you don't know that computers you have never seen in different areas of the continent are infected, all at the same time, with the same malware, even if you haven't a clue whether they are running Windows, Mac, Linux, or whatever?
That was your standard answer for a long time. You are back to being incapable of recognizing that, if you can figure out how to deal with a virus, or trojan, or other malware, that other people in the world, even if they do run across an infection that gets past their protection, can figure it out as well.
Now it may definitely be possible for 99 out of 100 computers on the internet with no firewall or anti-virus programmes to get infected, but that is far from 99 out of 100 of ALL Windows computers.
Panda reports that some 50% of computers scanned with their free on-line service had infections of various types. Thailand, China, Taiwan, Russia and Turkey occupy the top positions in the ranking of countries with the largest number of infections (over 50 percent of scanned computers infected with malware). Note neither Canada or the US rank that badly.
And remember, these were people that recognized problems and were dealing with them.
A survey conducted by AOL found that 20% of users had infections of various types. I submit that the average user of AOL is less computer savvy than the average user who posts anything computer-related in our forums, but, even so, those 20%, who are over-confident people not using firewalls or AV programs, are a FAR cry from 99%.
Rare is the Windows computer that has NEVER been exposed to malware, however, that, in no way equates to 99% of Windows systems being infected. Blocked malware is not an infection. A found and removed Trojan Downloader is not an infection.
Truth be told, somewhere north of 99% of all "infections" found by AV programmes are tracking cookies.
Please don't presume we are all dummies with no idea what updated AV programmes, and updated firewalls, etc are for, and what their capabilities and limitations may be.
[Edited by: rumbleseat at 3/4/2012 11:33:15 PM EST]
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Byte_Doctor
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 12:59:38 PM
>> That's the beauty of dealing with people who use Windows: 99 out of 100 are infected with at least one virus. If the computer has been in use for more than a year, you are pretty much guaranteed to be infected.
None of the Windows machines I administer are infected, and I can't remember the last time one of them caught a virus. The vast majority of them have been running for well over a year, many for 5 years or more. But then, systems and network administration is one of the things I do, and I'm good at it.
I'd also add that the rate of infection you are reporting seems a bit high even for the general population. My personal clients' PCs are by and large virus free, and it is rare that one of them gets infected.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 6:31:39 AM
>> Your clients must really be screwed if they have a real problem.
That's the beauty of dealing with people who use Windows: 99 out of 100 are infected with at least one virus. If the computer has been in use for more than a year, you are pretty much guaranteed to be infected.
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scoutmaster
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 5:46:23 AM
That's could be the problem but in this case I don't think so.
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 1:55:55 AM
Your clients must really be screwed if they have a real problem.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 8:34:44 PM
>> So what made you suggest a virus scan?
99 times out of 100, that is what has been the solution for my clients.
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SHEILATF
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 6:11:18 PM
RUNNING FINE
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 5:22:21 PM
So what made you suggest a virus scan?
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 12:34:53 PM
>> Not all regions use the same server...
Who says it was a server problem? Could be some tube was clogged on the internets. Perhaps an issue with the service providing the advertising.
[Edited by: bytebug at 3/3/2012 1:36:38 PM EST]
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 12:24:58 PM
Not all regions use the same server. You should know that by now. If 6 people had a problem only with GasBuddy at the same time and the problem went away at the same time, there is a zero percent probability that they all had a virus that only affected access to GasBuddy and went away on its own.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 8:16:55 AM
>> You just weren't logged in at the time of the problem.
Except, I was logged in at the time... Around 4am my time according to the OP.
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 7:15:29 AM
bytebug wrote > I forgot... There's special code in the site that prevents it from ever doing the wrong thing for me.
Or you could have just followed the conversation and realized there was indeed a problem. You just weren't logged in at the time of the problem.
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WR-INC
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 5:28:29 AM
Yesterday morning (early) there WAS a problem with the system, of a sort I hadn't seen before. By later morning it had been fixed.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 3:25:39 AM
>> Six different people have problems and bytebug assumes it is a virus on their computers,
>> not a site problem.
I forgot... There's special code in the site that prevents it from ever doing the wrong thing for me.
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scoutmaster
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:29:07 PM
Yup bytebug at 7 AM my time it was slow as a dog. No problems any longer. Serve problem.
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maxstar
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 11:49:54 AM
It was slow to load for me this morning, but seems fine now. Perhaps some maintenance or upgrades were being performed on the servers.
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vando45
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 11:38:59 AM
Very slow for me this morning, OK now.
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kishoreCA
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 10:57:00 AM
i never felt this site is slow. infact pretty fast that so many other sites out there.
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 10:25:49 AM
Classic! Six different people have problems and bytebug assumes it is a virus on their computers, not a site problem.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 9:47:29 AM
>> ...is this site very slow right now
Time to run the virus scan. Site seems just as zippy as ever.
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scoutmaster
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 9:37:06 AM
Had the same problem earlier. Seems to be OK now.
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RichWLIN
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 8:17:32 AM
Indiana Gas Prices too...from 8:00 to 9:00 or so. Seems to be working now.
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bubbaspeed
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 8:15:33 AM
had problems loading until 5 about 5 minutes ago... seems like the issue is resolved... at least for the time being...
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mwhals
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 7:46:04 AM
On my home site, it won't even load. Same thing with other home sites I have tried. The news stories on this main site don't work either.
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Scrapheap
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 7:07:33 AM
Same here. Couldn't even do an area search.
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