Pictures are being morphed into game links when loaded to my computer!

[AC Question]

For the last few months I have had this problem, and it's growing. It's like a pac man is invading when I load my pictures from my Motorola Droid with Verizon. I have say 20 pictures on the phone; I download them; I have maybe 3 pictures now on my computer. The rest of the spaces where pictures should be have become diamond ring cartoons or Sweepstakes games. WHAT IS GOING ON! I have webroot on my computer, but I have no virus protection on my phone. Am I supposed to???

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! How are you transferring the photos? Are you using the Import Pictures and Videos function in Windows Explorer? If so, don't. That function indiscriminately imports all image files from the phone, including cached thumbnails that might be associated with games or with ad networks. Just use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the files next time.