I use AIM, and sometimes it acts alittle funky at times. I would also suggest you defraging your box as well, however, it may be a long process. Have you ran scandisk? If you have, then there's another problem, if you haven't please run is thoroughly. Scandisk isn't always a problem solver, but it helps.

Those zip files you found can not be the source of the problem because they are ziped. You'll have to run what's inside of the zipfile for any actions on your box to take effect. There might be a trojan in SUNSEVEN.ZIP, or it may be the sub7 program itself. As for girlfriend.zip, it would be more that likely to be something harmfull. TIP: don't unzip files you don't know how you got, what's in them, or how to use them.


For a VERY last resort, I would have to back up my stuff, and restore my computer and reinstall everything again. But of course, that would be a last resort.