Bocai

Item Description

Known to hijack your searches and delivers ads to your PC.

Also Known As

Adware.BocaiToolbar

Item Characteristics

Delivers Advertisements
Hijacks Keyword Searches

Removal instructions can be done automatically using NoAdware software or manually if the first option does not work. Use the free scanner of NoAdware to see if it locates this spyware - you can safely remove it if it does locate it.

Manual removal instructions are done by removing the following files and registry entries.

Click Start, Click Search and search for each file below - one at a time. In the Look In box choose My Computer.

msplug.dll
msaddon.dll
bocaitoolbar.dll
bcup.exe

Note: I take no risks if you do not follow the instructions precisely and harm your computer. Take extra caution. Do a registry backup before manually deleting any files.

Registry Key

Easy instructions to discover how to delete an entry in my other blog post.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
TypeLib\{1729F6BB-0CE7
-4D3C-BD08-B271D7CB3D63}

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
BCCommunication.HTTPAPI

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
BCCommunication.HTTPAPI.1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall\blogmark

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Run\BCUpdate

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall\blogmark\
URLInfoAbout

Bocai