I had it happen once after a windows update. What it has done is put a shortcut on my desktop enough times that I wrote a script to check for and delete them whenever it does.
They sure try, which is why it is such a difficult issue. If an instance were to hold onto it for too long, it would likely get caught in their cross hairs and taken down.
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You can probably get in through “forgot password”
Just spitballin here. Is the route taking a highway? (I think I see an on ramp). If so, I am about 85% sure the algorithm is just assigning too much value to highways. Generally, highways should be “valued” more to avoid just going down tenthousand sidestreets to get everywhere.