To the admin: DU seems to be slowing down on my computer and getting alot of

[AZLD4Candidate]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Spazito (a host of the General Discussion forum).

messages of "failure to send."

I believe we are being cyber-attacked again. It takes a long time to load (many failures to load), and posting is at a stand still.

[BlackSkimmer]

1. I'm having no problem on any of my devices.

[USALiberal]

2. We are not being cyber attacked.

[Ocelot II]

3. No problem here; maybe it's your local internet?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. I'm having no issues with my laptop, it must be on your end.

Try rebootiing and see if that solves the problem.

[Tetrachloride]

5. either local internet or advertising or both

try another browser ?

[SheltieLover]

6. Best to post in Computer Support

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1095

Np here at all.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I was going to suggest community help, but your suggestion is better.

Sounds like a computer problem.

[demmiblue]

7. No problems here. n/t

[peggysue2]

8. No problems here

I'm at my son's house with a different IP. Laptop is working fine and was working at my house as well.

[Kaleva]

9. No problem here.

[Swede]

11. Mine has done the same thing more in the last couple of days that it's done in 10 years.

Although it may be a coincidence.

[LiberalArkie]

12. I was having that problem for awhile and only on DU. Apple updated Safari and it has gone away.

[L. Coyote]

13. Sounds like you have a computer problem. Clear your browser cache, you have spyware running

it seems.

I use Firefox set to clear the browser cache each time I quit the app. Open a different browser to see if one is a problem and the other not.

[AZLD4Candidate]

15. DU is the only site that has slowed down. Everything else is running perfectly on my T1 connection.

[L. Coyote]

17. Are you using Ad blocker?

Sometimes ads slow loading. Using an ad blocking addon can prevent that.

[EndlessWire]

14. It's taking a long time to load n/t

[hippywife]

16. Having...

no problems here ATM.

[tavernier]

18. All good here

[orleans]

19. problems with me as well

the last couple days -- going on du, not loading, "failure to send"

i even went on twitter to see if anyone was tweeting about it the other day.

seems okey dokey this morning

[Elwood P Dowd]

20. Ran a speed test this morning and my ISP speed has fallen all the way down to

19.2 Mbps download and 8.6 Mbps upload. Been a long time since it measured that bad.

[Spazito]

21. *LOCKING*

Host consensus is this OP doesn't meet the criteria in the SOP for this forum:

Discuss politics, issues, and current events.

This would be fine in either Computer Help & Support or Community Help:

Computer Help & Support:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1095

Community Help:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1256