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Downloaded a privacy program, it put porn links on my destop that will not go away, if i locate source, and delete. they come back after reboot. the files are internet shortcuts. It also changes my IE favorites to the same porn links.
 
scgrafx said:
Downloaded a privacy program, it put porn links on my destop that will not go
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away, if i locate source, and delete. they come back after reboot. the files are
internet shortcuts. It also changes my IE favorites to the same porn links.

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

HTH


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Greetings --

To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or
KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are
quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
http://security.kolla.de/. Both have free versions. It's even
possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system
against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform
manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml


Bruce Chambers

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scgrafx said:
Downloaded a privacy program, it put porn links on my destop that
Click to expand...
will not go away, if i locate source, and delete. they come back after
reboot. the files are internet shortcuts. It also changes my IE
favorites to the same porn links.
 
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