What is source and fix? Avast blocks repeated attempts to connect to malicious websites. Infection Process Pathway: C: Program Files\Common Files\ComObjects\(Firefox) update.exe

Hello,
I am running XP pro-32 bit, with a Dell GX270 3Ghz processor.
I keep getting repeated clusters of Avast pop-ups (whether or not Firefox or any browser is open), that tell me that Avast has blocked me from going to a malicious website. Here is a typical Avast Infection notification:
URL: http://www.zoosexshow.com/?x
Process: file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\ComObjects\(Firefox) update.exe
Infection: html:Iframe-inf
After a solid week of work doing scans and running fixes, deleting and re-installing programs - we have neither identified nor fixed this problem. Since the process path identifies (or implicates) the Firefox update.exe file as the source of the problem, do you Firefox folks have any familiarity with the source or fix for this problem?
Avast, Malwarebytes and Spybot scans find nothing. To see an array of specific specialized and sophisticated scan reports, and attempted fixes that have all failed to identify or fix this problem, below is a direct link to my (3 pg) thread on the bleepingcomputer.com forum (where my username is Daveinsk):
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic440353.html
I am hoping that you may be familiar with this problem, and/or its fix. Please help if you can.

Hi schützenkönig:
Many thanks for posting! As you can see, I made my initial post over a week ago, and since there were no responses, I thought perhaps I was the only one this was happening to!
In any event, disabling Protected Mode is the only way I've found to prevent the crashes from happening.
I posted about this on the mozillazine forum -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2551745&sid=7e877237158ffdc560789fb668c 858c0 -- but didn't get very far. Apparently, Firefox is blaming Adobe and has no plans to do anything about it. I was given some reassurance, however, by the comment that adblock plus offers protection from harmful flash content.
By the way, I made a follow on post when I downloaded the latest version of Flash Player -- 11.4.402.278 -- http://forums.adobe.com/message/4708561#4708561
Unfortunately, it did nothing to fix the problem.
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