HELP! Unwanted porn shortcuts in favoites folder.

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I have unwanted shortcuts in my favorites folder. I delete them, but they are reloaded at each restart of the computer. How do I permenantly eliminate them?

 

[Mike Burgess]

oso,
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 02-24-04]
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I have unwanted shortcuts in my favorites folder. I delete them, but they

are reloaded at each restart of the computer. How do I permenantly eliminate
them?

 

[Peter Harrington]

Try Ad-aware out. I like it and it is freeware.

Should help keep your computer free of parasites.

http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml

Pete

oso,
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 02-24-04]
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I have unwanted shortcuts in my favorites folder. I delete them, but

they
are reloaded at each restart of the computer. How do I permenantly eliminate
them?