So what kind of information is conveyed between my PC and the server? My Norton AntiVirus blocks inbound files from the internet becuase it's supposed to be paranoid (so I don't have to ). I know you've already said that it's the global server, but why would there be information being stored on my PC from it? Thus far I've blocked these transfers without any noticable consequence...is there any reason that I should allow these unheralded downloads to proceed?