If tried2live has the *latest* version, then the fix will be incorporated already. However, please note that
www.marsware.net is now back up and running, so old versions will be able to phone home successfully!
Windows Live might be the culprit. If it is set up as a *push* email client, then it will keep the data connection active.
Try this...open the Connection manager and "kill" the data connection. This should make the data arrows disappear.
Question - what does it look like after a soft reset?