Success! 2 Deleted bad hosts blocking Google website 2 <continued>
6. At L'arc suggestion, I hit Start-Run <Control Passwords2> Located username and found nothing beside it. I do have administer capability.
7. At NMB suggestion. I ran Microsoft's fix it tool.
http://go.microsoft.com/? linkid=9668866. This was the last action I took and after a require reboot the problem and the offending hosts were gone. I am not 100% sure this was the corrective action
I am not sure how I got into this situation. I do run Avast continuously. I am careful with contacts and don't run untrusted .exe programs. Hopefully, after these actions, my computer is healthier and more robust.
Finally, I have to give out a shout out to DavidR, Yokenny, L'arc, Tech, NMB, others. I really appreciate your help. Hopefully, I can pass it forward. Thanks Again, Dave Lane