Hi all,

Curious to know what anti-virus anti-malware software each of you are using,
on your BBS machine. I'm on windows 10, tried Avast, and had to remove it.
It seemed to lack the settings to allow the BBS to run without it questioning every file loaded (mis in mystic, exe files for online games, etc...) Since removing it, I'm still experiencing delays at login for up to 10 seconds via telnet. I'm not quite sure how to fix it now. Regardless, I'd like to have something .. free preferred or at minimum not a rip off like AVAST wanted to
do (the charges to add what should be automatically included were a bit much: $49 for basic, more for pro, more for vpn, driver updates, etc...) it felt
like the game Roblocks my kids play -- they're always wanting more money to
buy robucks to purchase items within the game ... smh.

-tG

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*** Quoting Doug Cooper from a message to All ***

Curious to know what anti-virus anti-malware software each of you are using, on your BBS machine.

I'm just using whats already built into Windows 10 & I've turned Controlled Folder Access on to help with any Ransomware that may slip through. I'm also using this script I found to block unfriendly countries with Windows
firewall: http://www.gregsitservices.com/ip-security/ip-security-package.zip

Since removing it, I'm still experiencing delays at login for up to 10 seconds via telnet. I'm not quite sure how to fix it now.

Maybe try a system restore if you have that turned on in Windows 10 to roll back before you installed Avast or a Windows 10 reset if you don't have that turned on.

Jay

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Maybe try a system restore if you have that turned on in Windows 10 to roll back before you installed Avast or a Windows 10 reset if you don't have that turned on.

Thanks for the suggestion, I was unware Windows had it's own protection built in. For your BBS, do you "open" your BBS folders like you would a port, to ensure Windows doesn't delay any activity while checking every file accessed
by a user?

I went above and beyond the system restore, and completely reinstalled
windows, python, php, vs, node js, etc.. It improved some performance, but
not the delayed login and delayed keystroke acknowledgement during login. It has to be something with the BBS at this point, however I didn't make any changes, so it's a mystery I'm slowly chipping away at.

-dC

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On 7/20/2020 7:53 AM, between "Doug Cooper : Jay Harris":

Maybe try a system restore..

I went above and beyond the system restore, and completely
reinstalled windows, python, php, vs, node js, etc.. It
improved some performance, but not the delayed login and
delayed keystroke acknowledgement during login. It has to be
something with the BBS at this point, however I didn't make
any changes, so it's a mystery I'm slowly chipping away at.

Maybe turn off everything (Win10 itself and any other progs) that auto-updates.


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Maybe turn off everything (Win10 itself and any other progs) that auto-updates.

You're going to laugh at me. After all of the trouble shooting I've done, it was nodespy being loaded creating the delay (smh). I fully admit to extreme, off the road, four wheeling, trouble shooting having occured for absolutely ZERO reason at all. I just don't run nodespy unless I am in front of the machine and want to see how many peeps have called for the day and or usage stats (such as whether I have emails waiting). Then I close it right after viewing. However my rabbit hole adventure did result in a carrot: my ISP
gave me twice the speed to 1gig permanent, and an upgraded router with a repeater for the exact price I was paying for half the speed and a crappy router. Then, after the 1 year, the price only goes up $5! I love my
MetroNet fiber.

-dC

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On 7/23/2020 1:46 AM, between "Doug Cooper : August Abolins":

You're going to laugh at me. After all of the trouble
shooting I've done, it was nodespy being loaded creating the
delay (smh). I fully admit to extreme, off the road, four
wheeling, trouble shooting having occured for absolutely
ZERO reason at all.

Not laughing. Talking this out got you thinking a bit more (only YOU are familiar with the extra progs that you have loaded. I was going to suggest that you review any Startup progs that you may have forgotten about.

I don't know what nodespy is, and the description at github sounds greek to me (middleware within middleware, node.js, etc..)

However my rabbit hole adventure did result in a carrot: my
ISP gave me twice the speed to 1gig permanent, and an
upgraded router with a repeater for the exact price I was
paying for half the speed and a crappy router. Then, after
the 1 year, the price only goes up $5! I love my MetroNet
fiber.

That sounds like a very sweet carrot, indeed!

They provide the router and repeater for free?



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I don't know what nodespy is, and the description at github sounds greek to me (middleware within middleware, node.js, etc..)

Nodespy is kind of like the old waiting for caller screens that would allow SySops to view basic BBS stats such as callers, emails, posts, for the day, without having to login to see if we have email. In the dial up days waiting for call screens allowed us sysops to auto set security levels for users,
hang up on them if they were malicious, jump in chat if paged, etc... nodespy is similar in that we can pick a node someone is connected to and perform
basic functions like that. I had been using it to see if I had any email or calls, so I didn't have to go through the BBS login process to find out. However, when a user would connect, for some reason my Mystic nodespy take a minute to auto launch a separate terminal and display the user logging in. That delay was causing the issue. So I just quit launching the application and
the problem went away. I still have a short cut to the ap so I can view the stats, then close it right back out. However another sysop tested his the
same way and was unable to replicate the problem. So .. I'll likely upgrade
my .45 to .46 Mystic this week to fix the problemo.

-Doug

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That sounds like a very sweet carrot, indeed!

They provide the router and repeater for free?

Whoops, hit save too quick!

Yeah very cool carrot! I always love when that happens and you aren't even asking for it. I always say I'll set reminders to call these type of
companies I give all of my money too, at least once a year, to see if any
deals are going on, but always forget to. I just stumble into them .. my internet must decide to freak out at just the right times. Maybe they are linked .. hmmmm... lol.

Yeah the router and the repeater and essentially considered "loaners" or "rentals" with just about any ISP out here (ATT, Fiber, Cable, etc..) that is returned if you ever leave them -- however most of the time the modem/router
is so old by the time we switch over that they don't ask for it back and we long ago had bought our own and quit using it.

-d

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