I've just checked what patch.exe trys to do when launched. Here is some firewall info (i blocked it so i could get the data, normaly I would not block)
Date: 3/13/2003 Time: 22:26:15
This one time, the user has chosen to "block" communications. Details:
Outbound TCP connection
Remote address,service is (www.foreverhacking.net(207.44.214.99),http(80))
Process name is "C:\Program Files\EverQuest\patch.exe"