Computers/software running slower for a limited time is quite a common thing on any network, for instance for the reason you mentioned. The worrying should start with the machine you work on not getting any faster while all the others do <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />
That happens too, you know <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
So, what kind of sites have you been visiting Bear?
Just the usual Hobbes: our own intranet, BFC, the Busse Knife Group, several webbased applications, a foreign exchange rating site... Nothing special, but all at the same time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> And that's just today! Anything earlier gets wiped automatically. At least, that's what 'they' tell us... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Seriously, anything that could be considered...uhm...damaging to the company's reputation gets blocked, no worries there my friend. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />