Flooded with shortcut errors at bootup

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Recently when I started booting my computer hundreds (not exaggerating
I counted 212 at one point)) of invalid shortcut errors started
popping up. I found them all (I think) in the Startup folder and
deleted them. But the next time I booted they started up again and
had been returned to the Startup folder.

Where are they coming from and how do I get rid of them?

Please help??

Ralph

 

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Hi,

Have you run a full system scan with updated antivirus software yet?
Have you tried running spyware detection programs like Adaware6 from
www.lavasoft.de?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"OldTimer" <DistinctDispatches(thefire)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Recently when I started booting my computer hundreds (not exaggerating
> I counted 212 at one point)) of invalid shortcut errors started
> popping up. I found them all (I think) in the Startup folder and
> deleted them. But the next time I booted they started up again and
> had been returned to the Startup folder.
>
> Where are they coming from and how do I get rid of them?
>
> Please help??
>
> Ralph
>