Stop icons from appearing

Each and every time a file or document is opened with a program, an icon is placed on my display.
How do I stop this? Removing the icon seems to delete the file.

hello owenvb, please go to ''firefox > addons > extensions'' and remove Object Browser(which is likely malicious) and the yahoo toolbar if you suspect that it is injecting those icons...
[[Disable or remove Add-ons]]

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