Program has taken over my computer

From: Pete M (tattoopete_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/05/03 

Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:04:55 -0700

Thank you for taking the time to help me
>-----Original Message-----
>My Friend --You have been Hi-Jacked! AND you are not
>alone in your dilemma, this happened to me back in
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi there --
>>
>>Some guy who runs a site called www.messagebasher.com
has
>>somehow installed a pop-up program on my laptop that
>causes
>>a pop-up ad to pop up on my screen every few minutes.
The
>>pop-up advertises the site and is an advertisement for a
>>service to kill pop-ups.
>>
>>So I'm basically being held-up on my computer by some
>>random guy to pay up to stop these pop-ups that this
>person
>>has automatically installed on my PC, which is running
XP
>>Professional.
>>
>>How do I uninstall this program? I don't even know
where
>to
>>look for the files, or what they are called.
>>.
>>
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>

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