EWSMac? Recovered Files that appeared in garbage

Good day.
About a week or so ago, when I started up my computer, there was a Recovered File(s) in the trash called "EWSMac".
Normally I take a look at what the recovered file(s) is, and then re-empty the trash to erase it. I don't know what EWSMac is, though. So I put it out of the way in a folder for the time being.
The next day when I started up my computer, there was another Recovered File in the trash called "EWSMac", and not the file/folder that I put out of the way.
Again, I put it out of the way in the same folder as the other one.
A few days later, when using Yahoo! Messenger, I noticed that the name of Yahoo! Messenger when open, was no longer Yahoo! Messenger, but EWSMac.
So I am confused. And I have no idea what EWSMac is.
This is a screenshot of my desktop with a few EWS folders open [ http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8882/desktopno4.jpg ]
This is a screenshot of the menu bar with Yahoo! Messenger open, with EWSMac as its name [ http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/995/yahootj8.jpg ]
My questions
- Is something messed up in the computer, which made it attempt to delete the EWSMac files that I did not know existed and did not try to delete?
- Is it possible that somehow the computer has been compromised via this EWSMac thing taking over Yahoo! Messenger?
- Is this a problem?
- Is it okay to delete the EWSMac files? or are they an integral part, of part of the computers' OS?
Help!
17" iMac G4, 1GHz PowerPC, 768mb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi, - Ø®£Z -.
The EWSMac files in Recovered Items in the Trash is the result of you having installed an application that uses an the eSellrate Embedded Web Store (EWS) code for Mac for shareware licensing and payment. See this page or this post for details.
As to your questions (numbers correspond to the order in which you posted them: when asking multiple questions, it helps to number them):
1. No. The appearance of the EWSMac files in Recovered Items in the Trash is a known issue with the eSellrate licensing and payment component cited above. The framework itself is installed as noted in the post cited above.
2. I doubt it, i.e. not in the sense of a virus or equivalent security threat. However, what you're seeing there with Yahoo Messenger is anomalous. More detail would be required to try to pinpoint why that's happening.
3. You can empty the Trash if they're in the Trash as part of Recovered Files. Deleting the framework from /Library/Frameworks may cause problems with shareware you have purchased that relies on the framework for licensing. A component related to the framework also is usually embedded within applications that use eSellrate for purchase and licensing.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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