Spam, adware and MAC OSX: help!

The flood of Chinese spam is not only a nuisance in itself. I get about 150 to 200 spams a day. I have not yet been able to make it clear that 1) I am not a sexy guy 2) I don’t need a boost in bed 3) I don’t suffer from underdeveloped body parts (except my brain maybe). But the Chinese spam has suddenly brought some real nasty problems.
In short, I have suddenly adware that from time to time forces Firefox to visit Chinese gaming websites (plus a pop-up)(two different sites). We all scanned the web to find comments, a solution – nothing.
Many say, MAC does not have real virus problems nor adware. Whatever they say, dead wrong. You are invited to check my MAC. It definitely has adware 100% confirmed. Finding any program at all to remove adware on the MAC resulted in NOTHING.
Let me give an overview for the techies:
– MAC OSX 10.4.7 with all updates done
– Firefox 1.5.0.6 (where the adware appears!)
– Norton Antivirus 9.0.4 (5) (did not find anything)
– downloaded and run: MACSCAN 2.2 (version 31 July 06) – no spyware found
– deleted: all cookies, checked passwords, etc.
– checked HD for funny looking files (tough job, did not find anything really, even looking at invisible files, startup items, etc. – the usual suspects)
– updated Flash Player (the older version was apparently a security risk)
– did not understand the ActiveX story and Firefox (underdeveloped brain?)
– disabled pop-ups in Firefox
I have done all kinds of funny things, watch the CPU activities but since then the adware does not show up. Maybe I did something without knowing it? The adware came mostly after being one hour on Firefox.
So, if anybody has a comment, except “use PC”, or “use a PC adware remover” or alike, happy to read.

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