I _do_ use AVG and have been for a long time so I doubt it is that...
You may be on the right track with the Torrent idea... I did have ABC running lately, but the data in these files really does look like search engine results (see below) and not something I'd expect from a torrent client.
I've shut ABC down and now and we'll see if, in a couple of days no more of these daily files start showing up, we can blame that.
I was definitely thinking (and am not counting it out yet) that I have some infection... The data in these files looks like this:
"AnonID Query QueryTime ItemRank ClickURL"
"256 eddie bauer women's shorts 2006-03-02 21:57:12 "
"256 mapquest 2006-03-03 23:11:11 1 http://www.mapquest.com"
"256 map of new york 2006-03-04 18:26:48 1 http://www.nysegov.com"
"256 adirondacks 2006-03-04 18:28:49 "
http://www.adirondacks.com"
"256 lulac 2006-03-04 23:35:34 1 http://www.lulac.org"
"256 southwest airlines 2006-03-04 23:37:19 1 http://www.southwest.com"
"256 cheap airline tickets 2006-03-05 12:28:15 "
"256 southwest airlines 2006-03-05 12:42:06 1 http://www.southwest.com"
"256 new york hotels 2006-03-05 12:52:25 "
"256 hotels in new york new york 2006-03-05 12:54:21 "
"256 lulac 2006-03-06 21:22:17 1 http://www.lulac.org"
"256 mapof new york new york 2006-03-07 06:45:07 "
... and on and on for 1/4 of a gig!
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