There is an embedded file named msearchnet.exe or something real close to that naming that is the root problem. Undeletable through medium powered attack tools as stated throughout these freeper threads and system protected against simple deletion, but not uncurable.
I went after the file through DOS and was rebuffed twice, so being the excitable type and not wanting to play with it I cursed and reloaded.
I first cleared my task mgr of it. Then the embedded program files in sys dirs. Then it regenerated. I isolated the above file, but like I said, by that time I was into it and close to a cure I needed my blood pressure medicine and went a different route.
Weekly norton ghost backups are a wonderful thing. :-)
There's an Adaware plugin for it, as well.
With that- I am long overdue for some shuteye. G'night all.