I would like to have IE6 (Windows XP Home SP2) remember passwords, but
I am concerned that they may be viewable to hackers. I have Trend
Internet Security 2004 up to date with firewall enabled. Anti-virus
real time protection is also enabled.

Saving passwords to websites in Internet Explorer is potentially
risky. With free and some pay software, it is very easy to extract
those passwords from your computer. However they would first need
access to your computer in order to run it, or copy the cache file
where the passwords are stored. Your firewall software and antivirus
protection are from a trustworthy company, but may not be enough to
catch same-day viruses/backdoors/trojans/spyware. Please take this all
into account when you decide to use password storing in any program
(not just IE).

Here's a link to one software able to view your saved passwords:
http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/msoffice/ie/

Thank you for your question,

skermit-ga

IE is not a very secure viewer - as most people use it, if your going
to create a trojan or worm to run in a viewer... it'll be for IE, and
passwords can be retrieved. Try Mozilla maybe?