BHO -browser helper object by the sound of it
Gives you extra toolbars, software and/or redirects/inserts ads into your browser.
Malwarebytes is the best thing for getting rid of them.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

i manually removed anything I could find and I'm running windows defender scan now
I'll do a safe mode scan after restart
(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:45, Reply)

You'd have more success with bell, book and candle.
Localboy is speaking truth up there...
(Twangy Rubber, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:47, Reply)

I got rid of a whole bunch.
Some pesky one called HDviewer seems to be sticking around.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:58, Reply)

MBAM will sort it.
I've never had it not sort out problems. Including one of those dodgy ransom ones that pretends to be the police and fines you for being a pervert that kept reinstalling itself on reboot.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:07, Reply)

Windows defender has caught 8 processes, Malwarebytes has currently got 19
Should be ok within the hour.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:10, Reply)

Windows Defender, or whatever Microsoft have rebranded it as now, is usually sufficient,
unless you actively go looking for trouble.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:00, Reply)

The best defence is not being a flid and saying yes to anything the computer asks you.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:02, Reply)

MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), it's more of an anti-virus though
Doesn't get rid of BHO's, but Malwarebytes shifts anything MSE misses. Also worth adding Threatfire as it warns of things trying to install without your knowledge.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:13, Reply)

That doesn't sound very helpful.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:48, Reply)

Nope
it's "helping" you to see shite adverts, mostly
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:51, Reply)

I was the 'computer guy' in my old local.
One machine I was given had about 6 tool-bars in IE.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 20 Mar 2015, 10:56, Reply)