ChatBlocker – Is Your Personal Data Being Captured By This Tool?

ChatBlocker is a form of software with legitimate uses that can also be considered malware. It must be manually installed. It typically comes with an uninstaller as well. However, you may also remove it in other ways.

ChatBlocker records online chat conversations such as those typed in AIM and MSN. It records your keystrokes and thereby captures your personal data including logins, passwords, and any other confidential information that is typed on the computer. It can also record the content of e-mails.

ChatBlocker is capable of blocking other applications from running. Moreover, ChatBlocker has the capability to disable certain computer tools. This capability makes it a useful tool for spying and disrupting a computer´s processing.

ChatBlocker infects computers with the following operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, and Windows XP.

The best step is to remove ChatBlocker as soon as you discover it. ChatBlocker can be removed with an anti-spyware program that is up to date. Additionally, manual removal of ChatBlocker can be accomplished using the registry editor.

The ChatBlocker registry values, registry keys, DLL files, processes, and files need to be completely removed from the infected computer. To delete each file, process, and key manually, complete the following set of directions.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Run.
  
  
• Type ´regedit´.
  
  
• Click ok to open the registry editor, referred to as regedit.
  
  
• Click my computer at the top of the box.
  
  
• Click edit.
  
  
• Click find.
  
  
• Type in the one of the keys or files in the following lists, and click find or find next. Begin with the ones that do not start with HKEY, since these are more easily discovered and deleted. Make sure that the box is checked in front of keys, values, and data, so that the regedit looks in the correct places. Regedit should locate a key for you. Right click on the key and delete it by clicking delete in the menu that appeared or on the keyboard.
  
  
• You will do this one file at a time. After you delete each one, hit the F3 key on your keyboard to reopen the find next box. Continue the process and delete additional bad registry files.
  
  
• Once regedit indicates that the search is finished, you should click on my computer in the regedit and redo the search to guarantee that you have deleted all possible bad files from this program.
  
  

ChatBlocker files (remove any files identified as ChatBlocker):

ChatBlocker.exe
chatblocker-setup-sw.exe
cbphook.dll
cbsys32.dll
cbtril32.dll
vmlmod.dll
winsscap.dll
unvise32.exe

Detecting and deleting the ChatBlocker files or keys that begin with HKEY involve a more involved set of steps. Use the following steps to manually delete the ChatBlocker values that start with HKEY.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Run.
  
  
• Type ´regedit´.
  
  
• Click ok to open the registry editor, referred to as regedit.
  
  
• Click my computer at the top of the box.
  
  
• Follow the path given in each value, clicking each folder open to locate the next item in the path until you have reached the last item. Once you have gotten to the last item, you can delete it. Each slash indicates a new folder.
  
  

ChatBlocker registry values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ExploreAnywhere Software\CB
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ChatBlocker

Use the uppermost set of directions to find and delete these ChatBlocker DLL files:

cbphook.dll
cbsys32.dll
cbtril32.dll
vmlmod.dll
winsscap.dll

To manually detect and delete the ChatBlocker processes, complete the following set of instructions.

• Click Start.
  
  
• Click Search.
  
  
• Click for files or folders.
  
  
• Type in the name of the file, one at a time, from the following list of ChatBlocker processes.
  
  
• Click search.
  
  
• Delete the found files.
  
  

ChatBlocker processes:

ChatBlocker.exe
chatblocker-setup-sw.exe
unvise32.exe

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