Laptop using internet when idle ?

[drphibes]

My girlfriends laptop seems to be using the internet when it is idle ? The small monitor icon at the bottom right of the screen is lit up permanently when no actions are being taken, likewise the light on my modem-router lights up indicating traffic is moving through it. Any idea on what might be happening or what is causing this ?

Cheers

 

[drphibes]

iPlayer or any of those torrent based players installed?

No I cannot think of any application that would make the laptop behave like this, there are no torrent or iplayer installed