I'm trying to get ride of SpywareStrike - I've downloaded smitRem.exe, extracted the files & run the RunTHis.bat file to start the tool. It runs through all it's checks & then says to allow the cleanup tool to run which could take up to 3 hours. When I click OK, I'm taken back to the Desktop message that tells me Windows in running in safe mode and asks if I want to proceed in safe mode of use System Restore. I suppose I'm supposed to choose Yes, but when I do, nothing appears to be happening. Am I doing something wrong? I'm running Windows XP Pro.

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It sound like you are running safe mode from the system configuration utility. If you are try going to start>run>type "msconfig"without the quotes>ok>general tab>tick the circle beside "normal startup">apply>ok. If by any chance you are not ready to run the computer from normal startup yet while in msconfig go to boot.ini and uncheck the box to the left of "/safeboot">ok>apply>ok for the computer to restart. Next reboot into safe mode this way: Shut the computer down and wait 30 seconds.Press the start button and imediately begin pressing F8 at about 1 second intervals (may take a few tries).An option screen should appear,choose safe mode, follow the prompts. Run SmitRem again.

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