Ical icon become clear prior to machine freezing

I am running 10.5.7 on a macbook 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Occasionally my ical icon in the dock looses all of its color and becomes clear - just the number remains and it is black. When this occurs, the computer freezes. I had hoped the 10.5.7 update would fix this problem, but alas, it did not. Anyone out there have thoughts on how to fix this problem?

On both an imac and macbook I have had etilqs files appearing mysteriously in the hard drive. When these files show up it, the computer will then freeze. They signify one of two things: a) Firefox problem or b) hard drive failure. We've narrowed it down to a hard drive failure.
The characteristics of this failure are as follows:
1. Ical icon will become totally clear with only the date being displayed in the dock
2. Time Machine will no longer backup and the round arrow around the clock hour hands, disappears.
3. The etilqs files will appear in the hard drive.
The only fix for this is to install new hard drives in the computers.

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On both an imac and macbook I have had etilqs files appearing mysteriously in the hard drive. When these files show up it, the computer will then freeze. They signify one of two things: a) Firefox problem or b) hard drive failure. We've narrowed it down to a hard drive failure.
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