ipse dixit

Honestly Mike, maybe think about using Chrome?

IE, even in its most current iteration, reminds me of a browser gone horribly wrong; sort of like a RUF Turbo R using a 951 chassis.

fastdiablo

+1. IE, alta vista, ask jeeves... all great stuff.

Mike in CA

Good idea, thanks. I tried both a virus and malware scan before posting about this initially and nothing came up. I don't think there is anything infecting my computer currently, but something keeps trying to load when I come onto this site. I did up the security level in IE a notch; so I'll see what happens going forward.

Mike in CA

haha.....ipse, I do have both Chrome and Firefox on my PC and use them occasionally on some sites that won't work with IE. I guess I'm set in my ways, but I actually prefer IE....when it's working.

Mech33

Chrome? No thanks, Google tracks me and eternally hoards my data enough already... I'd use FireFox, or Safari on a Mac.

-eztrader-

I love chrome when I have to use a pc....otherwise macbook air. Cant go wrong.

GMP911

Mike, I have noticed that this site has had "something" trying to load in both Mac and Windows/chrome machines. I began to notice this just as this site was freshened a few months ago. I have had times when Chrome will crash or a warning that something is trying to load appears. I have also seen this when I power off and Windows asks if i want a "force close" programs and then it will shutdown as normal. I have recently noticed that it doesn't happen as often if I login to Rennlist vs just anonymously viewing. I agree it is very frustrating. I'm not an IT guys so I can't offer any solutions.

By the way, thanks for your oil change post - I used it this summer without any surprises.

Mike in CA

GMP911, thanks for the feedback on the PC issue and you're very welcome on the oil change post. I'm glad it was a help.

Mike in CA

A quick follow up....

After starting this thread yesterday, I changed my IE security level from Medium to Medium High. For the past 24 hours I've not received the message to open or save the suspect files. As a test, I switched back to Medium this morning and within a few clicks on the site I got the message again.

I now remember lowering my security level a couple of weeks back for some reason which now escapes me and that's when the problem started. Just a word to the wise, and thanks for everyone's input.

sunnyr

Highly recommend chrome/ff + adblock extension. Stay away from IE like plague. ActiveX is a big security hole. Even MS is dumping support for it in their new Edge browser.