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Why did my firewall just log an attempt to access my device right after I visited the World Community Grid website?
Some users have noticed, via their software firewall, that trace-route scans occur after communicating with the World Community Grid server. These are in fact normal and not someone trying to break into your machine. These are used to measure which of several paths through the Internet give the best communication performance to your machine. The servers are located in a massive hosting center, which regularly optimizes traffic between users and the servers by shifting communications among several Internet providers, depending on the destination and trace-route measurements.
Why is no task executing after I complete a work unit?
It is normal for the software to spend a couple of minutes preparing to send data to the server. During this time, it is running some final calculations and formatting the results for transmission. If you still do not have a task after more than five minutes, it could be due to one of the following reasons:
- If the software is unable to detect network connectivity, the software will continue to retry until it is able to send results.
- If we are experiencing very heavy traffic on our servers, you may see delays in the distribution of new work.