See e.g. this thread http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,13840
I don't know why on some machines PSPad try to connect to internet. I can say I don't include any automatic conection. I don't need it. If you search older threads, you find different nonsence IP address what PSPad try to connect. Maybe it depends of some DNS access of your network... -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?4,38256,38267> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com