An acquaintance has a laptop which has been connected to the internet with a dialup connection three times over the past three days and shows what, to me, are disturbing usage figures: Day 1 - time connected 10 hours, download 20MB, upload 103MB Day 2 - time connected 1 hour, download 5MB, upload 13MB Day 3 - time connected 6 hours, download 46MB, upload 17MB During these sessions, so I'm informed, the machine was mostly not being used by the owner, hence my concern when I saw the usage figures - especially the upload ones. I haven't any particular knowledge or experience in these matters, but it seems to me as though the machine is "owned". I'd appreciate the views of others regarding this, as because the system isn't showing any obvious signs of being infected, the owner isn't overly concerned.