What are hidden home and net network drives?

I have 2 icons on my desktop called net and home, both have a size of zero both are partially greyed out. They stay on the desktop regardless of whether or not I'm actually connected to a network. I found them using tinkertool and setting 'show hidden and system files' and going to finder preferences and selecting 'connected servers'. I can't disconnect from them. I was wondering what they are for.

Turn off the display of hidden files/folders and they should disappear from view. They are used by the OS, not the user.

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Hi Curt Y,
thanks for your answer! Yes you' re right, I forgot to mention that ... before I posted here, I sent a bug report via the Apple Bug Report webpage about the issue ... of course, here are 2 parties involved.
I had a similiar problem once and I got a meesage back from Apple: "that it is a 3rd party problem, sorry" (it was about color management).
I am just a user and I often feel very strange about Apple's (topsecret) communication behaviour ... Whatever, what do I know about software engineering? - Right.
Maybe someone on this forum has an idea, because I'm afraid, thus it is not a serious bug, no one would take care about it in the next time (during my research I found an older post here on the forum about the same problem ...).
thanks for help in advance,
jobumac

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Hello thanks,
Uninstalling Protectmac removed the home device, Adobe Bridge which came with Photoshop Elements still shows that net device.
Adobe photoshop 4.0 is the only full installation I can think of because it's outdated software.
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