Hi Dom,

Yes we get your unused rain over here on the East Coast. In answer to your question, a RAT is a "Remote Access Trojan"......basically it opens a backdoor, and the victim PC can be hijacked in flight, when it is connected. Tends to be a problem for ADSL/ISDN, always on type connections. It basically means that the victim's PC can be used for whatever the RAT owner wants.

I still recommend Sam Spade (free for private use) as it is pretty comprehensive.

You mentioned 15 minutes? it is just (only just) possible, that your man was on an internet gaming session and got cut off. If his opponent then logged out, you might have picked up his ID (only if you use the same ISP) and the man's machine was trying to contact that ID. This would have to be in the first 15 minutes that you were logged onto the internet.

Leeds? might I suggest a squadron of Tornado GR4's in a dawn raid....can't be too careful