What do I get "phishing" pop-up screens on a brand new install of Firefox?

Something has infected my Firefox and I can't get rid of it. About a week or so ago, I started getting pop-up ads every time I go to a link in Firefox. I looked on the help blog and it said to do a "Restore to original settings". That didn't do any good. I still got the popups.
So I removed Firefox completely from my computer and rebooted it. I just reinstalled Firefox and almost instantly, on the very first link I got a pop-up screen telling me that I need to do a "Windows Player Update. - Recommended Player Update - Important!" and it wants me to click on an install button. It looks like some phishing site to me.
It won't be so bad, except it happens all the time. Since it's a pop-up, half the time, I can't see my screen.
This is only happening on Firefox. IE is unaffected.

Hello,
Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a ''Clean reinstall''. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
#*'''Linux:''' If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see [[Installing Firefox on Linux]]. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop Firefox download page], simply remove the folder ''firefox'' in your home directory.
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
Please report back to see if this helped you!
Thank you.

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