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Is the internet weird tonight?
Name: doghead Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:04:34 Pacific OS: W98se CPU/Ram: P2/450/128/13
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Search engines jam, email not delivered, lots of sites too busy.... a couple other people noticed...
Name: wawadave Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:16:32 Pacific
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norton secruity is on alert about od high internet activity.this morning i read they had not figured out what it is. think they will now!
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Response Number 2
Name: DW Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:32:34 Pacific
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All OK on my end...
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Response Number 3
Name: suzi Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:33:39 Pacific
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Check this site: http://www.internetpulse.net/
It shows where the problems are with the major backbones of the internet. It could be equipment failure or other things. When the slammer worm hit last January, nearly all the squares were red, some for several days.
There's another site about internet latency and causes but I can't remember where it it.
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Response Number 4
Name: suzi Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:48:33 Pacific
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Here is the one I was looking for:
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm
Click on "view the most recent raw data". Doghead, are you in one of those red or yellow areas shown?
Here's another site with interesting info:
http://isc.incidents.org/
It says "Odd DNS issues likely caused by QHosts trojan." Maybe that's what is causing the problems you are seeing.
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Response Number 5
Name: blender Date: October 6, 2003 at 20:59:46 Pacific
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Here is another site that tells why internet is acting up. Lots of other info too!
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