removing shortcuts on desk top

[ranaero]

ok a friend of mine has windows 98 and had went to some sites and got shortcuts  added on thier desktop and has used adware to try and remove them and cant seem to get rid of them they have also lost thier recycle bin from thier desk top. what can they do to get rid of these shortcuts first and also get thier recycle bin back?

[GX1_Man]

He needs to do the full drill:

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1134123580

[ranaero]

i know this all makes me sound like an idiot and i thank you all for your help. my friend has gone through all the steps to no avail.
  its been awhile since i had windows 98 and when they were asking me i drew a blank but they had went to some of the porns sites and gotten the shortcuts on thier desk top as i had said they tried all of those steps prior and could not get rid of the shortcuts. is there something we are missing that we need to do or could do ?
 also thier recycle bin came up being gone do to it being a "corrupted file" what can they do to fix this ?
 also i would like to take this time and say thank you all for your help with this matter ahead of time this is a great site and has been very helpful.

[GX1_Man]

It's not just the scans, it's doing them in safe mode that is important.

If the system is clean, then Pocket KillBox might be the next thing to try.

http://www.networktechs.com/download-10/

As for the recycle bin:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/rec_bin.htm

[ranaero]

thank you for your help i will pass the info along. and have already told them they needed to come to this site and sign up.

[GX1_Man]

Registration is free and painless.