Weird IE6 behaviors

From: Gino (lets_at_have.org)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:52:56 -0700

I have WinXP Pro SP1 with Norton AV 2004 installed on a fresh system.
No applications have been installed as of yet.
Both the system and NAV have been updated with latest patches and updates.

I assumed NAV was supposed to catch bad behavior while surfing the net.

However upon surfing some websites, my system seems to behave as if there is
a security hole which hasn't been patched.
IE6 has been automatically getting the Homepage changed. Even when I choose
a blank homepage, it changes when surfing some websites.
I was unable to cut down which websites these are, but am I not the one
choosing the Homepage?
Shouldn't NAV catch some of these system attacks? (I have enabled for NAV to
catch spyware, joke and dial programs, scripts, etc).
I have recently installed Ad-Aware 6 Pro, which, when run, hasn't gotten any
suspicious files that ran in the background.
The only items it catches all the time is in the cookies, which are titled
"Data Miner" cookies.
I don't know what causes my system to collect these cookies. I havn't found
any help on the net, either.

So what can I do so my IE6 can behave normally and secure?

Please advise.
Gino