Yahoo Message Archive Decoder decodes Yahoo! Messenger's Message Archive stored in your computer. It works even if you don't have the login password. If you are not connected to the Internet, you can still view the archives!

You can read other's Yahoo! Messenger chat archives, without any passwords. For example your spouse, children, lover, or anyone. To access them you have several choices. You can let them use your computer so that the chat log is stored, or just get the *.dat files (files used by Yahoo! Messenger to store messages) to your computer and read it!

Another use of the software is to find information in your past conversations. The Yahoo! Messenger archive viewer cannot be used to search them. Using Yahoo Message Archive Decoder, you can decode all archives you have and find the information easily.

The program supports decoding of private messages, conferences and SMS, complete with the font formatting, smileys, colors and complete date/time. Other features include password recovery, message archive options manager, advanced auto-detection, customizable output, and many more.

Normally, you must be logged in (using your or someone's password) and online to view the Message Archive. However, how if you...

Forgot your password, but something important is in the archive (telephone number, business contact, email address, etc.)

Want to search some text deep hidden in a bunch of archive files.

Want to spy other's conversation or SMS (your kids, your spouse, your employer, etc.)

Feel sick of waiting Yahoo! Messenger internal archive viewer decoding

Want to save the archive completely with font formatting, smilies, etc instead of plain text file.

Features:

Decodes the message archive without logging in (offline mode)

Supports normal conversations, private messages, conferences and SMS

Up to 20 times faster than the Yahoo!'s internal message viewer

Advanced auto-detection of usernames, directories, dates, etc

Processes all files in a directory, provides manual file decoding, even batch command-line interface is available

Supports message formatting (bold, italic, underline, font colors, font face, font size) and YM v6 graphical smileys

Outputs HTML files (saveable) with customizable templates, or plain text files for further processing

Recovers saved password (including version 6 passwords)

Message Archive Option Manager: change any user's message archiving options directly

Improved directory auto-detection, also single-file username detection

Date filter selection (to select specific files' date to decode) and modifiable time zone