Thanks for the advise, but nothing seems to get rid of this redirect virus. I spent around 2 weeks on bleepingcomputer.com (computer support forum)
having multiple pros walking me through this, that, this again, then back to that. Must of ran like 30 supper apps designed by these pros and some mainstream apps and I was still never able to get rid of it. Malwarebytes was used like 3 times during all the walkthroughs. I've given up. Short of doing a factory image reboot, I'm stuck with this shit forever.