They look like a SID number to me, and as they are nearly the same, I would imagine that they are storing info about profiles, that would otherwise be lost when you hit the reset button.

Palemoon has the most comprehensive answer, follow the instructions, then see what happens.

Run hi-Jack This.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

Save the log to notepad, attach it and post it here.

Read the tut from Soda_Popinsky re:- HJT

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=255989

It might be that you are NOT owned, but use the problem to learn something about your system.

After you have sorted this out, consider an 'upgrade' to W2K Pro, it is cheaper than XP Pro, and it does have SOME security features built into it that W98 lacks.

MS have withdrawn their free support for W98, but there is a link on their site

http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;en-gb;w98

where you should be able to find details to get a FREE CD of 'Troubleshooting W98'
I got it, and it's not bad at all.