A few weeks ago I couldn't figure out why my proxy server at home was
dialing in, until I finally figured out that Real Audio was checking for
updates.  Took it out of the systray and it quit dialing.
Some Compaq's have a feature that checks their site for software updates.
Microsoft Critical Update checks M$ for updates.
Could be alot of things.
JOhn :}
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