a bunch of weird Finder problems -- please help

[Arno Hautala]

On 2008/01/23, at 21:11, Gregg Dinse wrote:

> When I got home from work today, my PowerMac G5 (running 10.5.1)  
> was in a very weird state.  Here is a list of some of the problems:
>
> 1. several windows were open that were not open earlier
> 2. some file icons on my desktop were re-arranged
> 3. there were 3 "untitled" new folders created on my desktop
> 4. there were 2 "untitled" new folders in my home directory
> 5. the Finder was in Cover Flow view instead of Column view
> 6. Toast was open, but it was not running earlier
> 7. my 9-GB Pictures folder was copied to my Music folder
> 8. a folder called Fonts, which had been in my home directory,
> was moved to my Downloads folder
> 9. an icon of my computer was shown in the Device section
> of the Sidebar, but it had not been there before
>
> There was a panel open and asking for my Admin password to make  
> changes in the Finder.  I clicked cancel since I had no idea what  
> actions it was waiting to process.

Just one question...
Do you have a cat?

Seriously though, given all those items this really sounds like  
someone was on your computer.