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My firefox browser is full of hyperlink ads. How do I remove hyperlink ads

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darthvad
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I recently downloaded some files on my pc from torrent. now my browser is full of hyperlink ads. when I got to reddit, facebook or https://www.wizplore.com/ im seeing ads as hyperlinks. How do I remove it?

I recently downloaded some files on my pc from torrent. now my browser is full of hyperlink ads. when I got to reddit, facebook or https://www.wizplore.com/ im seeing ads as hyperlinks. How do I remove it?

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WestEnd
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This is a job for a computer shop to fix. Since this wasn't caused by the browser but user getting infected files from torrent.

James
James
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^Ignore the above reply as that is a last resort.

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware