Heyya, Jeff,
Just discovered it on one of my customer's networked
laptops (Windows 2000) as well. I'll let you know if
I happen to learn of a way to get rid of it (so far
I've been somewhat unsuccessful on the network
component).
For the laptop itself, try following the procedures
listed at:
ht
I can't say much for proxy ports, but for my
environment (urban public high school), I did a brief
search on CNET.com and ZDNET.com and through Windows
2000 policies prohibited those particular P2P programs
from being executed. There were really only about 10
or 12; the most popular are Morpheus