How do you get rid of shortcuts that appear on your desktop automatically?

I have some persistent internet shortcuts appearing on my desktop. If I delete them they just come back a few days later. They are linked to spotresults.com. How do I get rid of them?

This question was answered on June 7, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Shortcuts that appear on the desktop without the user doing anything is the result of Adware/Spyware The program downloads adevrtisements for a certain product, website etc Even if you delete these shortcuts the Adware/Spyware will only download them again, maybe more To get rid of the source of the problem you should download Adware/Spyware removal software It will find the files doing this and will delete them www.ad-aware.com has free software for you to download to take care of the problem.

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Posted by steve of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 7, 2004

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