Explorer shortcut icons won't delete from desktop

[bstew]

Help! Someone put some IE shortcut icons on my desktop
and they won't delete! I have tried deleting from the
Command Line (I'm an old DOS guy), renaming the icons,
and resetting their targets. I have tried hiding them in
a folder just to remove them from the desktop and they
pop right back up again! I don't think it's a virus.

Anybody have any idea what's going on?

 

[purplehaz]

Possible solutions:



Sounds like spyware or a home page hijacker.

Run these tools weekly
spybot -- http://www.safer-networking.org/
ad-aware -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
HiJackThis - http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/



Also......



http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory
with the offending files. Then open the Task Manager and click on the
Processes tab. select "Explorer.Exe" under Image Name. Click "End Process".



Now you will only have the command prompt and the task manager. In the
Command Prompt, DEL the offending files (DEL *.mpg, DEL mus*.avi, DEL
test.wmv, etc.)



The files should now delete without a problem. Now go back to the task
manager and click on the Applications tab. Click the "New Task..." button.
in the dialog, type Explorer.Exe and click OK.

 

[Guest]

Sounds like you are not the adminastrator of the system and you have limited controls