Abnormally hard to purge re-direct malware

So, first off, I'm generally quite capable of handling malware/viruses on my own, but am closing in on 24 hours at hunting through forums (including this one), multiple restarts, safe modes, etc, and still no luck...

What I have left (the other parts of whatever I caught) is merely redirecting browser clicks, particularly from Google searches.

As I post this, going through the stickied posts to make sure I provide the information needed:

Operating system: Vista 32 bit (computer is about a year old)
Anti-virus currently installed: AVG

I do have msconfig controlling my startup, because I don't know how to actually remove all the orphaned entries. It is far easier to me than going through and actually uninstalling the random crap that came on the laptop (Symantec, Aim, etc). Some programs, such as Aim and MSN, specifically screw with your startup every time you run them, and keeping them disabled via msconfig has worked best for me. Other options would be appreciated, but for now I have it on a controlled startup.

Programs + Features has been gone through and checked.

Have downloaded all programs listed under the Vista cleaning thread. Have run the following programs in my efforts BEFORE starting on the list of to-do's listed here:
Combofix
HijackThis
Spybot S&D
AVG Antivirus
Malwarebytes
CCleaner
Restriction Removal Tool


SAS scan found a couple issues (log attached)
Malwarebytes scan found nothing (log attached)

Combofix restarted the computer (I have Daemon Tools disabled as best I know how, but the virtual drive settings still exist, and required it restarting to disable).
Then shortly after stage 6A, bluescreen crashed. Moved on to the next step instead of trying repeatedly.

Ran RootRepeal twice, both times it froze up at "C:\windows\winsxs\Manifests". Second time, I waited 15 minutes (after it reached that point) before giving up.
Both times, about 5 minutes after closing the window a new error window pops up:


Error received when running MGtools.exe:
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
UAC *is* off however, so I'm not sure where the problem is stemmin from.

Even after running everything, I still have
i4jdel0.exe
located in
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp
which from online searches shows to be a common virus, and undetected by what I've used so far (or at least it hasn't been fully removed)
Obviously simply deleting the file has not had lasting impact, so it has something pulling it back from another location.

No logs were generated by the ones that wouldn't run or errored.

 

Antivirus was entirely closed down (no running processes). Same with disc emulation.

 

Okay. Actually woke up this time I think before checking the thread...

MGTools.exe was the file I downloaded. Restarted my computer (drive emulation is on, UAC is off, AV is off). Ran the file again (it is in desktop/install files/ folder). And it worked

So here's the log

And now, yes the mgtools.exe file exists in the C:\mgtools folder that was now created.

Should I bother with the scans requested via the command prompt, or are those included in the zip archive it generated when installed/ran (did both at once i believe).

 

I cannot uninstall Norton. When I go to Programs for the uninstall, and click it, it takes about 20 minutes before freezing up. When I terminate the process (after a couple hours waiting), it remains in the uninstall list.

I think I've gotten Daemon Tools fully "not doing anything" to my system. And I explained why I have msconfig being used. There are over 100 orphaned entries that were still being ran or attempted EVERY startup, some of which were programs that I didn't want to be run and wouldn't turn their startup off via options (MSN, AIM).
However, have reset it to normal mode.

Ran the MGtools scan just fine, but both times I've tried running GMER, my system has ended up stalling out (unresponsive) for over 20 minutes. Once after I hit "scan", the second time just on the initial loading.

 

Downloaded the file - RootRepeal.exe

Attempted to run it, got blue screen.

Rebooted in safe mode and tried. Blue screen again.

"Bad_Pool_Data".