Yeah something like a virus ... a program that could potentially be secretly communicating outside of your computer sending information.

I guess the trick will be to try to measure approximately yourself. Check the daily usage, try not using LW for a day & see how much it jumps up. Then use LW & see how much difference it makes.

Are you running in Ultrapeer mode? Are you using LW Pro? Pro connects to an extra two UP's but that shouldn't make too much difference. Ultrapeer mode means many more messages coming in, etc. but still should not make a dramatic difference.

Hi Lord of the Rings:

I was just reading up on bots and zombies. I use TrendMicro PC for firewall, etc. I run my virus and spyware program at least twice a week.

May be I should run another on my system -- off site version.

Will keep you posted, thanks,

katy