Some type of malicious code causes files named msdc.log, containing what look like numerous e-mail addresses, to be written to numerous folders on HD.  Files actually update while you watch and continue to grow.  Upon deletion the files replicate themselves elsewhere on HD.  ...

I need to remove a browser plugin for IE 6 sp1.  It
launches a search toolbar at the bottom of the secreen.  
It's called searchexe.   I looked for it in add/remove
programs but couldn't find it.

I just noticed that now when i start AOL Instant
Messenger that pop-ups saying "spyware has been detected"
and so forth keep popping up. Also, my ie6 page keeps
changing to "about;blank" and when i run spybot search

I've noticed that when attempting to delete the history
of pages visited via Internet Options, the list will
clear on some occasions, but not others. Is there
something obvious that I'm doing wrong?

I have my preferences set to remember my history for 7
days, yet the history box on the left never displays
anything. It doesn't even have the "Today" or "Yesterday"
or "Last Week" or anything like that. It is just blank. It

I am running the latest version of IE on a Windows 98 SE PC.
Whenever there is a javascript link or etc to a popup in
IE, it only loads in a blank window. Sometimes it is white
or sometimes it is invisable and a new window pops up. In

Please help. I am losing over this. It seemed that I
can't open more than 1 browser window ( I used to be able
to do this ) . I went to File-New-Window or just start a
new instances of the browser...The new window would seem

My Home page has been taken hostage by www.martfinder.com and hate popup (skull and crossbones). I've used various registry cleaners, Norton, firewall to eliminate this problem. Does anyone know what to do to eliminate this PEST

I've lost the toolbar and menu in IE6 and can't seem to get them back.  Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

The tiny icon right underneath the three buttons to
minimize, restore, and close the window in the upper right
hand corner of the internet explorer broswer has become
corrupted.  Is there anyway for me to change this icon?  I

When I have multiple browser pages open, at times all of
the pages close when I close one page.How do I fix this?

I have Xp and ie6 and have Ad Aware and spybot
Thanks to PA Bear I no longer get3rd party messages and things are fine on
the surface.
Have run across discussions of Hosts files

Very often ie 6.0 will lock up and I have to close out
and reopen.  I get an Internet Program not responding
message box.  The details are:
szAppName: iexplore.exe

The second time I try to go to a website by typing the
address in the browser, a new line is inserted where for
example if I type in www.yahoo.com, what comes up is
http://ehtpp.cc?/www.yahoo.com.  The "ehtpp.cc?" gets

    One of the nice things about the Google toolbar is the AutoFill
feature.  If you have certain information stored, you rarely have to type in
your name, home address, zip or email address again.  Will Internet Explorer
6 SP2 have a similar feature?