File Names Change by Themselves

Narcolepsy

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In my Start -> All Programs -> Accessories folder, two shortcuts have utterly bizzare file names. The scanner wizard has been renamed "300" and the Windows Tour has been renamed "Tahoma" with a tooltip reading "Franklin Gothic Medium". I realize that this is not a huge issue, and I could easily rename the shortcuts, but I'm worried about the larger issue here. Could there be some kind of virus or spyware doing it? I run Adaware, Spybot, and NAV 2004 religiously, and update my definitions constantly. Has anybody else here had this problem, or do you have any idea what might be happening?

Dell Dimension 8200
Win XP Home SP2
NAV SystemWorks and Firewall
NTFS File System
 
Whoa.....creepy, maybe just in case you should go disable your SP2 firewall and get Zone Alarm. Could be someone getting in through your port....or just some weird ass bug that has nothing to do with firewall vulnerability. Man, I'm such an ass.
 
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