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[funkmunky80]

okies... been playing for most of the day, then I start getting this error message which now pops up every 10 seconds in game... Punkbuster is trying to kick me, and failing because I'm the host, but I can't figure out why it's trying to kick me? What the f*ck has suddenly changed to make PB so screwy? Lost packets apparently, but I don't see why, I've got fairly decent bandwidth (1.3mb up), on a reliable connection... here's the error message I get anyway:



Any ideas people? I've never seen this happen before, and as such am totally bloody clueless...

I've not installed any different security software recently, my network config's the same as it has been for a while, my AV says everything's clean, my other apps also report everything clean... Stumped and angry.... I'm off to bed... cya 2morrow ppl

[funkmunky80]

okies... been playing for most of the day, then I start getting this error message which now pops up every 10 seconds in game... Punkbuster is trying to kick me, and failing because I'm the host, but I can't figure out why it's trying to kick me? What the f*ck has suddenly changed to make PB so screwy? Lost packets apparently, but I don't see why, I've got fairly decent bandwidth (1.3mb up), on a reliable connection... here's the error message I get anyway:



Any ideas people? I've never seen this happen before, and as such am totally bloody clueless...

I've not installed any different security software recently, my network config's the same as it has been for a while, my AV says everything's clean, my other apps also report everything clean... Stumped and angry.... I'm off to bed... cya 2morrow ppl

[Lethal1940]

I don't have a clue why it's happening, but it happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
Same message as you but hasn't happened since!

I thought maybe my DSL was messing up, but it seemed to play okay!

Maybe submit a trouble ticket to Even Balance and see what they say??

[funkmunky80]

Good plan Lethal... I'll post back when I get a response from them

Why didn't I think of that?

[funkmunky80]

still heard nothing but I've not noticed the problem since, so I guess it doesn't matter...

[funkmunky80]

Well, I never got a reply from Even Balance, which I thought was weird, but I figured out what the problem was.

For anybody who gets the above message, Check your anti-spy... The latest version of adaware was causing the problem. Disable the background process while you play online...