Recently I seem to be having trouble with this website. Opening threads and new pages etc.

I have no such problems on any other web sites I visit. My security system often 'filters' forever before opening a new page here and often it won't allow the page to be opened at all without repeated new and persistent attempts.

I wonder if there has been any new 'features' added to this site lately, or in someones adverts. that management aren't aware off?

Something is different here anyway that isn't conducive to visiting the site.

I've also been having problems with the site over the past few days, but knowing little about computers I just assumed it was my computer being tempermental or infected by something my defence software could not clean, but now to my relief it's not.

Yes crash, it seems to have slowed right down when navigating through thread to thread. I wonder what's happened?

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I've had a similar problem; but not just for days --- for quite a few months. Sometimes things go as they should; at others it simply won't open. Like others I have blamed it on my rather old (as far as computers go) machine!

Yes, it has been happening for some time and I too, often can't even open the site !

Not good for visitor numbers and after reading the other comments here, i ran a multiple security check [I have an arsenal] on my PC before re-visiting to make sure my computer is squeaky clean, logging out and re-running the security sweep.

Sure enough, this site is depositing a little 'uninvited guest' onto my PC and I don't mean the friendly cookie. Nothing serious, but enough to be down right annoying!

Well I did a check and the 'guests' are just MRU lists. 5 of them [MRU: most recently visited web pages]. Nothing nasty there, but my security system has forced me to add this site to my 'trusted zone' to minimize problems here.
It's just too buggy otherwise.