I accidentally downloaded a .exe virus file

[Madison M.]

I finally fell for an old trick - while trying to download a perfectly safe file from the internet, I mistakenly downloaded file through the internet called setup.exe and ran it. The properties of the file shows the target as "https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2201.msi".What is obvious as a change is a number of antivirus type apps have been added onto my computer. Since the download two days ago, I get a popup from a different application prompting me to scan my computer for this or that. My strategy thus far has been for each popup to go to "add or remove programs" and uninstall said application. Is

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