Re: Spyware disallows Safe Mode

From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:54:25 +0100

Hi

Are you trying to boot into Safe Mode because you can't boot into 'Normal'
Mode? If not, why are you trying to access Safe Mode. Spyware wouldn't
disallow access to Safe Mode. You may have some other underlying problem.

If you can access XP - go to msconfig>boot.ini and enable the /SAFEBOOT
option. 

-- 
Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Steve" <steve.NOMEATPLEASEthornburg@mindspeedOMITcom.NOMEATPLEASE> wrote in
message news:247FBD3B-9C33-4C22-BE55-EE8579063EE3@microsoft.com...
| Hello Will,
|
| Thanks for the response.  I did not say what it is because I don't know.
The pop-ups only say "Click here to purchase Ad Stopper, and you will never
see these Ads again!"
| But I can't tell what the URL is, right-click is disabled, and I don't
want to risk clicking on the darn thing.
| As for what is preventing getting into safe mode... there is NO safe mode
entry in the menu that F8 brings up (and it used to be there!).
| Somehow, this software has removed it. I'm trying to find out about
boot.ini, to see if something in it would allow or disallow safe mode.
Currently, the F8 menu has only 1 choice:  "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional"
| If I remember right, boot.ini can have a "safeboot" switch in it (maybe?),
but I am not sure of the syntax, nor do I know how to edit the file if I
boot to DOS via floppy. I think I have to change the file attributes first,
before I can edit it.
| It is not accessible from Windows. I can see it, but when I try to open it
with Notepad I get a "file in use" error.
| -- 
| ST
|
|
| "Will Denny" wrote:
|
| > Hi
| >
| > You don't say what this 'awful thing' is.  What is preventing you
accessing
| > Safe Mode?
| >
| > -- 
| >
| > Will Denny
| > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| > Please reply to the News Groups
| >
| >
| > "Steve" <steve.NOMEATPLEASEthornburg@mindspeedOMITcom.NOMEATPLEASE>
wrote in
| > message news:25BBF17B-6065-4D87-996E-F632D51E3571@microsoft.com...
| > | Some spyware that got into my machine keeps giving me pop-ups. SpyBot,
| > Ad-Aware, The Cleaner, SpySweeper... nothing removes this awful thing.
| > | When I try to boot into safe mode via F8 at startup, there is no
longer a
| > safe mode option! Somehow, this software has defeated the ability, but I
| > don't know enough about how these things work. Is the file boot.ini
| > something that would control safe mode, and if so, how do I edit it if I
| > boot to DOS via floppy?
| > | Any advice greatly appreciated.
| > | If you want to CC me, use
| > steve.NOMEATPLEASEthornburg@mindspeedOMITcom.NOMEATPLEASE edited
| > accordingly.
| > | Thanks!!
| > | -- 
| > | ST
| >
| >