Completely Remove SpyCrush Spyware From Your Computer... Continued

Remove SpyCrush Step 5. With your tools ready for use, you must now boot your computer into safe mode. You will need to restart your PC to do this, so be sure to Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode of Windows that will make the remove SpyCrush process much easier.

If you do not know how to boot into Safe Mode, please read our online safe mode help article. Once your computer is in Safe Mode you can proceed with the tools you prepared for to remove SpyCrush in the previous step. Open your Control Panels and double click on Add/Remove Programs. Once the Add/Remove window is open, locate the SpyCrush entry (they are in alphabetical order) and click uninstall.

Although this removal seems surprisingly simple, appearances can be deceiving. Close the Add/Remove window and close the Control Panels Window.

Remove SpyCrush Step 6. Next, you are going to use one of the tools you downloaded. Locate the smitrem folder on your desktop and double click on it to open it. Locate a file in the folder named "runthis.bat" and double click on it to launch it. Click "Yes" on any security warnings that pop up. Follow the on-screen directions to move through the smitrem tool.

Once it has completed, the tool will exit and an automatic disk cleanup will be launched. This cleanup can take anywhere from minutes to hours to run, so be patient and do not interrupt it. Once the disk cleanup is finished, the majority of the SpyCrush infection has been removed from your system. However, there are still some manual cleanup steps you will need to perform to finish the job.

Remove SpyCrush Step 7. Now we have to get rid of the SpyCrush spyware application so it stops popping up alerts in the future. To do this you must end the SpyCrush task. By design, the task is difficult to identify. First, press the "ctrl" + "alt" + "del" keys at the same time. The Task Manager window should now appear. Click on the "Processes" tab. Under Process Name, look for any of the tasks listed below in the list in your computer.

If you find any matches, highlight the task by left clicking on it, and then click on the "End Process" button. End any and all matches you find, because there could be more than one. As you end the processes, be sure to click "Yes" to any warning boxes that pop up. The SpyCrush alerts in the taskbar should now stop popping up.

You are almost done with the remove SpyCrush tutorial. There is only one step left. Please move on to the fourth and final remove SpyCrush step.

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This infection is also known as:

• SpySheriff
• SpywareQuake
• SpyFalcon
• Brave Sentry
• ExpertAntivirus
• SpyLocked