Always heard it was an internal network check for serials, which would explain why it works fine even if you block the outgoing connection at the firewall. FWIW, my weblinks still have Zygote listed. I recall them being updated only when I installed the 4.03 update. I wonder if some DAZ installs are updating them?

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