How to remove CheatMonitor ?

September 29th, 2008
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What is CheatMonitor?

CheatMonitor keylogger is real threat to your privacy. It acts like smart spy: it monitors conversations on instant messengers, it tracks visited websites, launched applications, sent and received emails and literally every other activity on a compromised machine. Cheat Monitor records every keystroke when user is typing. It sends collected information to a remote attacker and greatly endangers user’s privacy this way.

Cheat Monitor is promoted as great tool to check if your spouse is cheating on you, but in reality this keylogger may get on your computer with help of trojans and other malware. However, it may be a sign that someone you know is spying on you. If you find CheatMonitor on your machine you should be worried about people who use your computer regularly.


CheatMonitor is Highly Dangerous

arrow CheatMonitor is a malicious Worm parasite
arrow CheatMonitor may install other spyware parasites
arrow CheatMonitor will replicate and email itself to contacts in your address book.
arrow CheatMonitor may come bundled with or spread other spyware
arrow CheatMonitor may prove difficult or impossible to remove
arrow CheatMonitor violates your privacy and compromises your security

Manual CheatMonitor removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove CheatMonitor, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these CheatMonitor processes:
Remove these CheatMonitor Registry files:
Remove these CheatMonitor files:

Being a typical key logger, CheatMonitor can every keystroke you type with your keyboard. Although legitimate key loggers are mainly used to monitor children or employee internet activity and productivity, malicious keyloggers such as CheatMonitor may be used to steal usernames and passwords, bank account and credit card numbers. More advanced key loggers, CheatMonitor included, may also take screenshots of your computer activity, or monitor emails and online chatting, thus completely taking hold of your private and confidential information.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Key logger such as CheatMonitor?

Slower System Performance: Most keyloggers are not optimized and coded very poorly, which causes your system to become unstable, slow and unreliable, as such key loggers are constantly running in the background.

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