First of all, let's figure out if the problem might not be being caused by something malicious that didn't get removed. Could you run HijackThis again and post a copy of the log file here please? If you're system is clean, we can start looking at the possibility that you did indeed delete a necessary reg key.
Sure thing. Here's the log.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 6:45:51 PM, on 5/5/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\NMSSvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\LTSMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\necmfk\necmfk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\S3tray2.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\mshta.exe
C:\Program Files\Common files\updater\wupdater.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\documents and settings\penn bullock\local settings\temp\5Pd.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\Apoint2K\Apntex.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\sysmon\sysmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Penn Bullock\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OHA78PIJ\HijackThis[1].exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www.bbcnews.com/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page_bak =
http://www.bbcnews.com/
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\ycomp5_3_16_0.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {11359F4A-B191-42d7-905A-594F8CF0387B} - C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\CONFLICT.4\lexbar.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Dictionary.com - {11359F4A-B191-42D7-905A-594F8CF0387B} - C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\CONFLICT.4\lexbar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Search Toolbar - {702AD576-FDDB-4d0f-9811-A43252064684} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\OE\toolbar.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Companion - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\ycomp5_3_16_0.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LTSMMSG] LTSMMSG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NECMFK] C:\Program Files\necmfk\necmfk.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [S3TRAY2] S3tray2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Apoint] C:\Program Files\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NMFTASK] NMFTASK.EXE /RESET
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\System32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [winmain] winmain.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [P2P Networking] C:\WINDOWS\System32\P2P Networking\P2P Networking.exe /AUTOSTART
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OrbitUpdate] C:\Program Files\Orbit\update.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OrbitView] C:\Program Files\Orbit\view.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [alchem] C:\WINDOWS\alchem.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [updater] C:\Program Files\Common files\updater\wupdater.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [5Pd] C:\documents and settings\penn bullock\local settings\temp\5Pd.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [mgxi77y0n5] C:\WINDOWS\g30xdnnm4i.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [sysmon] C:\WINDOWS\System32\sysmon\sysmon.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward &Links - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cac&hed Snapshot of Page - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Search &Dictionary - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\dictionary.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Search &Thesaurus - C:\Program files\Lexico\Toolbar\thesaurus.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Si&milar Pages - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate Page - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (YInstStarter Class) -
http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yaho.../yinst0401.cab
O16 - DPF: {486E48B5-ABF2-42BB-A327-2679DF3FB822} -
http://akamai.downloadv3.com/binaries/IA/ia_XP.cab
O16 - DPF: {544EB377-350A-4295-9BEB-EAB8392E09C6} (MSN Money Charting) -
http://fdl.msn.com/public/investor/v13/invinstl.exe
O16 - DPF: {62475759-9E84-458E-A1AB-5D2C442ADFDE} -
http://a1540.g.akamai.net/7/1540/52/...eInstaller.exe
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) -
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...sh/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553542500} -
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...sh/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {EE2589EB-7FC8-44DB-A892-573F2C4B41E0} -
http://pdf.forbes.com/forbesnews/tri...tyleSigned.cab
O16 - DPF: {F0E2D69A-DC2F-4E9B-A993-684FB1C21DBC} -
http://dictionary.reference.com/tool...bar/lexico.cab
O16 - DPF: {F57D17AE-CE37-4BC8-B232-EA57747BE5E7} -
http://66.230.146.53/EPlugin.cab
O16 - DPF: {FDC7A535-4070-4B92-A0EA-D9994BCC0DC5} (IERPCtl Class) -
http://activex.microsoft.com/objects/ocget.dll
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{61162AB1-DAF5-45AA-A7BF-A98A19A45EEB}: NameServer = 210.193.2.33,210.193.2.35
Maybe there's something rotten hiding in there. The "alchem" file always seemed a bit suspicious to me, but it's all a bunch of jumble to me anyway. Glad you can help me out!
:cheesy:
P.S. After I got the infected with the spyware (OK, it's not a virus - sorry

), I uninstalled my Google toolbar. When I tried to reinstall it, no matter what I did I couldn't get it to appear on my browser. It's a really trivial issue and it doesn't matter, but I wanted to mention it because maybe it has something to do with the virus.
Once again, THANKS!