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Before reinstalling the system or restoring a backup, I would first try downloading and applying the 10.6.8 Update Combo to see if this resolves the problem. As for MacCleanse, I doubt it could have caused this. Do you have any "security" software installed, like MacKeeper or any Symantec (Norton) software? I'm also rethinking the possibility that you have a trojan like MacDefender, but I don't know enough about it to say if this would be a symptom. I'm at work now so can't be of much help for a bit, but wanted to throw this out for now.