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everytime i use internet explorer a ton of popups come up (so i dont use it) but yesterday i did and now when i restart my computer a few popups come up (and i'm not even using IE). also random icons will appear on my desktop (ex. popup killer, gambling etc.) i have ran some spyware killers on my computer but the popups still come up and now the popups are just coming up randomly when i am on the internet. i use the msn browser with a popup killer and there are no popups, just IE ones.
how can i get rid of all these popups? would a popup killer work or is it something more than that?

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