Small, and humble tip... wanna know who your computer is talking to? Do this...
Start
Run
Command (.com for some people)
Then type netstat -an
and have a look... watch out for bizarre ip addresses and ports like 212.62.232.12:8080
Then... use your "zone alarm stuff" to block 'em... and then run a virus check if you see something odd.
sh!t. Sure you all knew that anyway... Hilts told me