If they have, in fact, installed facilities for calling out without your expressed approval and understanding then they have installed a trojan. Now, in their minds it may not be malicious, but it is still a trojan. It is doing the same thing many other trojans do -- sending information or giving access to your computer to someone without your expressed approval. And, based on precedence, if it is not stated clearly in their EULA that they are doing that, then they have set themselves up for some very big legal problems. Just ask Blizzard, AOL and Real Audio. All are or have been involved in litigation because of this very thing. This is very, very disappointing. Very. As I stated before, I would recommend to all my friends that they NOT install the 4.03 patch until this is cleared up. And, again, I think someone from Curious Labs needs to step forward and explain this real fast.