Ok, now I'm really at the end of my rope. I have now installed: 1. Malware bytes 2. AVG 3. Trend Micro 4. AddONS detector 5. VirusTotal.
One other thing I did was to lock down my permissions (however I'm not confident I got everything).
I'm still getting these popups. What's strange is that the pop ups aren't using the full screen, but only the top portion and it always says, "PROMOTION". This is why I think this was a malware off of the Google Play app.
I may have to reset, but damn, I'd like to know what this is.
thanks