AnyDVD tries to access the Internet !!!

[ktnwin]

Yesterday, I download and install the trial version of AnyDVD (valid for 21 days) to see if it works. Then I was playing a solitaire game and suddenly my system pops up a message saying AnyDVD is trying to access the Internet and ask me if I want to allow it. Of course I say NO because I don't know what kind of my personal data will be sent over the Internet.
I do not mind to access the Internet to register (and pay the registration fee) but I do not like any installed software to automatically connect to the Web without me initiating it.

Any comment on this ?

[steveryan]

Probably checking to see if you have the latest version installed.

[jsmithepa]

U don't like it, but everybody do this nowadays. That's what firewalls are for.

[Noahtuck]

That's what firewalls are for.

Exactly!!

Also if you look around MOST programs have a setting somewhere where you can turn this option off!!
It's the first thing i do whenever i instal any new program, if there is not this option my firewall catches it and i set it to never allow that program to connect.

[CrayonEater]

I don['t use AnyDVD, but I believe it's an auto-update/anti-copying measure from what I've read on afterdawn.com. You should disable this feature from within the program.

[Dv8ted2]

I don['t use AnyDVD, but I believe it's an auto-update/anti-copying measure from what I've read on afterdawn.com. You should disable this feature from within the program.

Nope...

Slysoft releases an update to the software sometimes on a weekly basis to bypass the latest techniques that the entertainment industry uses on the dvd's. There is no harm in checking for updates.

[BobK]

To turn off auto checking for updates, select 'Settings', Click on 'Program Settings' and uncheck 'Automatically check for new AnyDVD version'.

[ktnwin]

Thanks for all the replies, that make me feel a lot better. I am just pananoid about spyware that leaks my personal info on the Web.