TSGL: Activity without being online

[Ray]

A friend has ZoneAlarm and is telling me that she sees activity even while not dialed up.....she's talking on the phone and she's sees a brief flicker of the red and green bars, indicating activity.  I haven't been over there yet to see it for myself but am wondering if this isn't just some "Windows" function checking for a connection and trying to keep it alive if there is one.

She also has AOL (okay, don't laugh).  I've wanted her to switch for about 2 years but can never seem to convince her.  There is also a big problem with their proprietary software as "each and every" time she tries to make a connection she's told that her password is no good.  She's forced to go through all the rigamarole of filling out personal information to verify her identity, create new password, etc.  

Any clues as to what's going on here?

TIA,
Ray

 	
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