Solved What to remove "Tex Enhance" stuff

[pwven]

The last number of days I have this mesage comming up in a square box and say that you must enter some competition. This comes up when you read text and some of the very commom words are in red and you move the curser over them.
How can I get rid of it?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I have never heard of "Tex Exhance". Sound like malware to some type.

I would use System Restore to a date prior to the beginning of this problem. And I'd probably run a full scan of Malwarebytes.

 

[Sir George]

The last number of days I have this mesage comming up in a square box and say that you must enter some competition. This comes up when you read text and some of the very commom words are in red and you move the curser over them.
How can I get rid of it?

Your statement "when you read text...", what type of program are you using; i.e., word processing, email, web site, etc?

 

[pwven]

I have never heard of "Tex Exhance". Sound like malware to some type.

I would use System Restore to a date prior to the beginning of this problem. And I'd probably run a full scan of Malwarebytes.

Thanks, I will run System Restore to prior date if I do not get it fixed. Sorry for my spelling but it must read "Text Enhance"

 

[marsmimar]

Found this:

Disabling Text-Enhance Links : Help Desk

 

[pwven]

The last number of days I have this mesage comming up in a square box and say that you must enter some competition. This comes up when you read text and some of the very commom words are in red and you move the curser over them.
How can I get rid of it?

Your statement "when you read text...", what type of program are you using; i.e., word processing, email, web site, etc?

Thanks Sir George
Sorry for the spelling but it must read "Text Enhance"

I get the message on websites like Flickr and Camera club and the message in the that pops up is something like "Win a new iPod 3" or "Answer the question and claim an iPod2 now"

It pops up if the mouse curser is over words like "member,help,date,again" etc.

 

[pwven]

I have never heard of "Tex Exhance". Sound like malware to some type.

I would use System Restore to a date prior to the beginning of this problem. And I'd probably run a full scan of Malwarebytes.

Hi ignatzatsonic

I downloaded Mulwarebutes, ran it and removed the 51 items it suggested. That fixed my problem. Many thanks.

 

[pwven]

The last number of days I have this mesage comming up in a square box and say that you must enter some competition. This comes up when you read text and some of the very commom words are in red and you move the curser over them.
How can I get rid of it?

Your statement "when you read text...", what type of program are you using; i.e., word processing, email, web site, etc?

Thanks Sir George
Sorry for the spelling but it must read "Text Enhance"

I get the message on websites like Flickr and Camera club and the message in the that pops up is something like "Win a new iPod 3" or "Answer the question and claim an iPod2 now"

It pops up if the mouse curser is over words like "member,help,date,again" etc.

I downloaded Mulwarebutes, ran it and removed the 51 items it suggested. That fixed my problem. Many thanks.

 

[Slartybart]

You should also check your add-ons, disable any that describe "text enhance". There's one that comes as a default. It shows word definitions or suggests other sites. Sorry I can't tel you which specific add-on, but I clean my browsers of most add-ons, keeping only the ones I feel are necessary. I also disable suggestions - don't know if that's related, but.....

From your description, it sounds as though marsmimar found what you need.

Found this:

Disabling Text-Enhance Links : Help Desk

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edit: Then again...... it could be the 51 things MalwareBytes found. Good catch pwven!

 

[Borg 386]

If you found 51 items, it might be a good idea to go the cautious route and scan with a couple other scanners just to be sure you got everything....Not that I mistrust MB, it's a very good program, but unfortunately one program is not able to get everything...

SUPERAntiSpyware.com - SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner

 

[pwven]

If you found 51 items, it might be a good idea to go the cautious route and scan with a couple other scanners just to be sure you got everything....Not that I mistrust MB, it's a very good program, but unfortunately one program is able to get everything...

SUPERAntiSpyware.com - SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner

Thanks Borg 386. I will download and run SUPERAntiSpyware today.