pop-up advertising places unwanted destop icons

Get yourself some sort of spyware cleaner, such as Ad-Aware.
This article explains your problem:
Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;330904

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Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
http://mvps.org/msauer/
"John Butts" wrote in message
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After going online I get desktop icons links being added
to my desktop they are associated with pop-ups that come
up when on the internet, short cuts to their web sites.
I have to delete them every time I go online. How can I
block them from adding these shortcuts to my desktop. The
ones I am having problems with now are ones that say PC
booster and I may have won 6 million dollars. I am really
getting frustrated with them putting these unwanted links
on my desktop.