[Techtalk] Getting rid of spyware

[PCasper]

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Dan Richter wrote:

> My wife installed some free product she got off the Internet, and now 
> she's got something stuck in her browser that opens pop-up windows 
> with ads at random occasions. (This is true even when she's on the 
> corporate internal website, which of course doesn't have ads.) 
> Needless to say, she's using Windoze and Internet Exploiter.
>
> This arguably isn't spyware because it isn't hidden, but it's still 
> annoying. Does anyone know of a good way to find out what it is and/or 
> get rid of it?
>