Hello everybody,
There seems to be a problem ,aparently linked to installing Norton utilities 5.0.1 on OS8.x Where the extension "Text encoding converter" is replaced by an (MacOS 8.x incompatible) MacOS9.x version.
The net effect is that you are seeing scrambled characters instead of text in Internet Explorer.
Solution is to get your original extension back from the CD.
The following link talks about this problem (in french)
http://www.multimania.com/basecomac/1233.htm