woot..problem solved!!

using Malwarebytes' Anti-Spyware...and the
following files detected:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\sin (Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8ef40c36-293f-4749-8ea0-94fb3ad83fa1}
(Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser
Helper Objects\{8ef40c36-293f-4749-8ea0-94fb3ad83fa1} (Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spox (Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\toolie.bho (Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1f1eeddd-13c7-4ad3-821c-b116295d08d2}
(Trojan.BHO)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{86dff136-77b4-472c-b3b3-dddee57ac1a1}
(Trojan.BHO)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7e61bb38-a952-40ba-98f0-0ad229658cb7}
(Trojan.FakeAlert)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Browser
Helper Objects\{7e61bb38-a952-40ba-98f0-0ad229658cb7} (Trojan.FakeAlert)
C:\Windows\System32\lpax32i.dll (Trojan.FakeAlert)
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\regxpcom.exe (Trojan.FBrowsingAdvisor)


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stephen0606