mike wilson wrote: >On my machine, only NS is allowed to access the internet without asking and >updates are turned off. Although you can train Zonealarm to not allow access >(click the "do not allow this progamme ever" type box) it's educational to not >do that for a while >and see how often, for example, IE tries to. Some programmes are accessing >the net _forever_, or so it seems.
Try installing Real Media player if you dare! It wants to phone home all the time.