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I have updates to my troubles now guys.
Applied some of the solutions here, which I thought had cured it, but on Restart the machine 'hung' when AVG opened, would not proceed with a Scheduled scan and upgrade.
After installing Malwarebytes Pro, I entered their Forums and gave my problems to them. I was patiently taken through several stages, first scanning with MWB Pro (found zero) then downloading dds, dds.scr and posting the logs, containing 4 'nasties'. I was then asked to download roguekiller, which found and destroyed the offenders.
My 'puter is now back to whatever passes for normal (in my pad!). The guy who helped me at MWB forum said that the Scamware and fake toolbars had been added to their database and some of it was new. He gave the same advice regarding fake AVG Searchbar that Nighthawk gives, thanks for that. Apparently there is also a fake Google Search bar doing the rounds, too. Whilst I know the AVG Search bar is useful, I am not using it or the Google Searchbar, for now.
Bear, is correct in that Babylon comes in whether it is unchecked or not. Wish I knew how they do that. Wish I knew where they do it, too....
Britton, I will use Filehippo where I can now. When CCleaner updates, there are 2 choices, file hippo and Piriform: as Piriform is CC own site, I download from there, but I will use FH for other downloads now.
The computing minefield is choked with danger, guys, "Be careful out there." (Hill Street Blues.)
Thanks again to everyone posting on this topic, your blood is worth bottling!