My mother sent an infected email that has infected my MacBook Pro with a virus that interrupts things with ads, hijacks whatever you're working on with pop-ups, and intrudes on everything. How can I get rid of it?

My mother sent me a message that was infected with a virus.  This thing has ads popping up all over the place and hijacking whatever it is I'm working on.  How can I get rid of it? 

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