Removed the one file and uploaded the others, as requested.
Issues...let's see. Well, my computer has slowed down some, but that's to be expected until I get my external drive up and running again (incidentally, do I need to look for anything in particular, virus-wise, on the hard drive? I haven't used it in months--since well before this Vundo infestation--and I think it's all documents, graphics, and media files...but I know that those can hide baddies as well).
As I mentioned before, I have some problems with ZoneAlarm crashing occasionally.
One weird thing: sometimes, if my laptop has been in hibernation and I bring it back out, it appears to have gone online but it refuses to load anything. I don't know how I discovered this, but if I open another program and then reload the page, the page will usually load. It's as though my computer has to be "distracted" by another process or program so that MIE will function properly, or something. It's very odd.
I've been thinking of switching to Firefox; would you recommend this? I've heard it's much more stable than MIE, but I've also heard there are some issues with it. In addition to general websurfing, I do email and a lot of work on several forums, two of which I admin. I backup the database on those two forums; is there any chance those files could have become corrupted due to the problems on my computer? Also, is it likely I may have transferred malware via file transfers (usually Word documents to my school computer)?
Thanks so much for your continued help!