i have been noticing a short connection burst in system monitor every time i connect to internet. i got curious and decided to run wireshark to see what was happening. seems that i am connecting to 96.195.141.178 with destination of "PartedMagic". this seemed strange because i do not have PartedMagic installed, so i ran a 'whois' check. this is what it showed: IP Location United States United States Pittsburgh Comcast Cable Communications Llc ASN United States AS7922 COMCAST-7922 - Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.,US (registered Feb 14, 1997) Resolve Host m001dd684d074.pitt1.pa.comcast.net Whois Server whois.arin.net IP Address 96.195.141.178 NetRange: 96.192.0.0 - 96.223.255.255 CIDR: 96.192.0.0/11 NetName: COMCAST-VOIP-4 NetHandle: NET-96-192-0-0-1 Parent: NET96 (NET-96-0-0-0-0) NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organization: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (CCCS) is this something for concern? if so, what is/are best way/s to track this down? any and all help / suggestions are much needed and appreciated. thank you. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc,hago. g .