Thank s RND, it was in firefox.  I don't use IE.  I'm on Palemoon right now (the other browser I use).  I tried turning it off in the manage addons, and it pops right back up.  I'm running updated Malwarebites now.  Found 16 'suspicious' entry s almost immediately.  Hope this fixes it. Really prefer Firefox browser.  Has Web of Truth - which i rely upon a lot.   Up to 18.  Thank you again.  Will report back in in a a bit. 

edit:  yikes, up to 34.  Since my PC was clean before this mistaken downlaod, dial search is a really big, nasty, malware gate.

Oh, I went to majorgeeks and downloaed their guide.  at one point it says:

"  For Windows 7 users - to turn off UAC (UAC = User Account Control)

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click User Accounts and Family Safety
3. In the User Accounts and Family Safety window click Change User Account Control Settings
4. Then move the Slider all the way to the bottom to Never Notify
5. Click OK and then Yes to the popup warning that you are turning off UAC
6. If it is already unchecked, then you should also notice a red shield with an X in it located in your system tray. Ignore any mesages about UAC being disabled.
7. Click Restart Now to apply the change right away. (Restart even if you did not make the above change, we need to be sure that a reboot has occurred since the first time that UAC was disabled.)
8. Keep UAC disabled until malware cleanup is complete and you have been given the okay to enable it.  "

However, my win7 control panel does not have "User Account sand Family Safety,"  - it has two separate items, "User Accounts" and "Family Safety."  Neither of these have "Change User Account Control Settings" or a slider.  What am I missing?

edit done running balywarebytes.  They were all "pup..." thingys.  Rebooted.  Re downloading firefox...see what happens.

Had the same kind of problem some months ago.  The program that got rid of it was the one that is cloud based. Doc made a post about the program some time ago.  It was a 1 month trial, and it worked perfectly. Hitman Pro, http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro   ...     

You can Also See this post

https://forums.wincustomize.com/443419/page/2/#3352420

@teddybearcholla  Thanks.. already did hitmanpro, is part of the majorgeeks recipe i'm working thru   

@Redneckdude    thank you...   change user account ctrl settings was part i missed! 

@Uval  IObit it is.  

@all I ran malwarebytes three tiems, each time it found more of the pup..yada items. RanIOBits  and it was way faster than malwarebytes...

Sounds like a self perpetuating thing.

Have you tried Microsft's Malware Removal Tool? http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx

Have you scanned your computer with "Herd Protect"? http://www.herdprotect.com/

I'm not at all a fan of disabling the UAC. I don't believe it's a wise thing to do.

In circumstances like this you may be better off cleaning and re-installing your OS..............

Download this: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/rkill.html

Important!    Start your PC in Safe Mode. Run that tool, and then run Malwarebytes and a scan with whatever AV you are using.

Finish up with the Toolbar tools in this thread:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/443419/page/2/#3352420

Restart your computer in normal mode.

By not starting in Safe Mode, you are allowing the Malware to hide, protect itself and get reloaded every time you boot up.

Most rigs use repeated presses of F8 on startup to access Safe Mode. Yours may differ, so you may need to Google which key to press according to your make of PC.

  Don't you just love a story with a happy ending.

@scorpNZ  re Backup image.  Took a quick look.  Interesting.  Think I understand? This means I could get a very large size external drive and 'backup my c and d drives onto the external.  And then, later, use the external to 'restore' or overwrite whats on my c and d drives?  Eliminate reinstalling win 7, all the drivers, all the programs, steam, word, yada?  DO I understand correctly? 

@jafo

When the brain engages i have to type quickly or it gets too far ahead,minimal punctuation allows me to keep up ,well that's my excuse

@Elana

Yes & sort of

D = i assume is the recovery partition this needs imaging only once by itself or as below along with C;however i like to make a separate image of D,then do the following in the next paragraph:=

C = i normally create a partition image directly after a reinstall & include the D partition if there is one;once done all future C images are system images of C only; using medium compression level.

The term system image maybe different if not using easeus,it's nothing more than the data only of partition C

Once the above have been created on multiple externals you can pick differing intervals for future images to be made;i personally make 4-5 more initial images (never to be deleted) at varying stages usually just before adding a few more 3rd party software's & windows updates (in other words add some 3rd party apps & some windows updates but not all at once).

After the 5th initial image is created or the last one; which is when all windows updates are installed & all 3rd party software;you can then setup a auto imaging scheme,which is used to create images that can be discarded as space is required;obviously older images get deleted as new ones are created.

Ok now down to the hard drives:-your most probably wondering why i said more than 2; it's because you can loose data on both at anytime & at the same time,yep personal experience taught me that;in the end it comes down to, "how much is that data worth to you " &  "can you afford to loose that data",how many posts or news articles have you seen where someone has lost personal data from a failed hdd (hard drive) or had  family photo's stolen,if they had multiple backups it wouldn't be an issue;so those multiple hdd's serve two purposes,they house your backup images as well as any other stuff you want to keep by drag n drop.

All images created can be browsed as tho it was a folder once the image is mounted simply by right clicking & selecting open;so long as the program that crated them is still installed or you have the boot disk (recovery disc) of the imaging program;basically it's a bootable cd of the imaging program

edit:above i mention drag n drop this is for loose folders or files NEVER EVER DRAG N DROP IMAGES as corruption may & can occur;yep happened to me;another thing to keep in mind is the only real way to test an image to make sure it will work is to use it to restore;it's also the reason i create all images independently on all externals coz if you drag n drop you may transfer an already buggered/corrupted image

edit 2:below is a link if you require specialist help with imaging,it's a place called Radified Community Forum they do nothing but talk imaging & has been around a while

  http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl