What is Text Enhance?
Text Enhance (Text-Enhance) is cross-browser adware and an advertising platform that uses multiple programs, browser extensions, and files to attach to internet browsers and gather personal data without user consent. Text Enhance is used by multiple third-parties in order to monetize freeware and other programs. This adware serves pop-up and targeted advertisements it feels users are most likely to click on across Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer based off of the information it gathers.
Victims of Text Enhance adware usually notice they are infected with this adware when the content found on random webpages have links that display spam advertisements once they are hovered over. These types of advertisements are called in-text advertisements. *Hovering over the words racing teams opens up a small window showing a spam advertisement relative to racing teams (image).
Video example of a Text Enhance infection
Users who wish to install freeware may be given a “custom installation” option to accept or decline an offer to install Text Enhance adware and similar products during the installation; However, the user request to decline the adware from installing can be ignored by the program or presented in a confusing manner.
In some cases, Text Enhance and other unwanted programs are deceptively promoted through questionable advertisements. These advertisements may be dishonest, misleading, and cause the program to automatically download and install once clicked on.
How to remove Text Enhance (Removal Guide)
- Step 1: Remove unwanted add-ons and extensions
- Step 2: Uninstall Text Enhance
- Step 3: Remove Text Enhance malware with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner by Piriform
- For Tech Support Call: 1-888-986-8411
Step 1: Remove Text Enhance add-ons and extensions
We recommend that you write down the toll free number below in case you run into any issues or problems while removing this infection. Our techs will kindly assist you with any problems.
Google Chrome
1. Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon on the top menu and navigate to More tools > Extensions.
2. Search for suspicious extensions in the list. Remove unwanted browser extensions individually by clicking the trashcan icon next to each one.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Type Ctrl+Shift+A.
2. Search for suspicious add-ons on the Extensions and Plugin tab. Highlight each one individually and click remove.
Step 2: Uninstall Text Enhance
1. Open Windows Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. On Windows Control Panel, click Uninstall a program or Add and remove a program in the Programs section.
3. Search for Text Enhance and other unwanted programs in the list of installed programs. Once an unwanted program is located, double click the item or select it with your mouse and click the Uninstall button.
4. Restart your computer.
Step 3: Remove Text Enhance malware with Malwarebytes
1. Download and install the free or full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. The full version enables real-time protection to block malware and unwanted programs from infecting your computer, while the free version is just a free scan and removal tool.
2. Open the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
3. Click the large Scan Now button or visit the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.
4. Once the malware scan is complete, click the Remove Selected button and reboot your computer.
Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner
1. Download and install the free or full version of CCleaner by Piriform.
2. Once installed, open the program and navigate to Cleaner > Windows/Applications and click the Analyze button. Afterwards, click the Run Cleaner button on the bottom right of the program interface.
3. Next, navigate to Tools > Startup and search through each tab starting from windows, internet explorer, etc., all the way to Content Menu, for additional suspicious entries and click Disable and Delete once anything is found.
4. To automatically uninstall unwanted programs using CCleaner, navigate to the Uninstall tab and search for the program in the list of installed programs. Uninstall the unwanted software as selected by clicking the Run Uninstaller button.
Good post.
in mozilla i cant eliminate the pop up i try altmost every thing
My horse was called – OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. ,
Killed …. 😉
Hi
I had to disable few applications on Mozzilla one with Codec and something with FLash Shockwave and then run again the CC cleaner for Cache and cookies , but it worked!
Thanks a bunch!
a file name to add to that list is “Smoother Web 1.1”
Clearing cookies worked for Firefox.
For Chrome, nothing worked, until I disabled each extension one at a time and tested. Turned out to be MapQuest Button. Disabled and removed, every web page is clean now.
Well done!
Thanks for the information concerning MapQuest Button.
Thanks! This really helped as i would always get annoying hyper link kind of things popping up all over the place!
Thank you so much, both AntiVir and Dr. Web couldn’t identify the problem. You made my day!
Thank you so much for this very valuable information! Removing ad text links from Chrome worked. You make lots of people very happy. Peace.
Omigosh, thank you so much!
Thank you very much. I was having trouble finding the malware because it had a different name than any of the names listed above, even though its description fit perfectly. The extention I had was called “Video Player” and I was able to remove it eventually with your help.
Thank you so much for your detailed explanation. Apparently the spyware I had was called lucky leap rather than text enhance, but I managed to remove it with your help.
Wow thank you, it worked! Finally no friggin ads
Thanks! It helped
Helped a lot. Thanks 🙂
omg thank you so much
Firefox Add On ‘Deal Spy’. Sherminated.
Thank you very much.
It started for me when I installed Adblock Plus on Firefox. It stopped when I removed Adblock Plus from Firefox. I figured that was how Adblock Plus was making money.?? I also cleared my cookies at the same time. Just disabling Adblock Plus did not work.
Correction. When I removed Adblock Plus are restarted Flashblock which is what stopped Text Enhance.
Thank you! This was very helpful. The Chrome extension “StartNow” was the culprit for me.
StartNow was the culprit for me as well.
smae here
Add “SportHunter TV App” or “HD TV Sports” to the list
Thanks! My Addon was called Save Now
Key Download was what it was called on my system
Thank you! It worked perfectly on Google Chrome – I had the program “browse 2 save” installed – apparently
Thank you soo much. I thought that I was the only one having this problem. Just delete anything you make sure it’s off of your browser, not just disabled just for safety.
Thank you, great info. you saved my time and my mac :))
Ive discovered the extension AddLyrics on firefox also causes this problem as it has text enhance in it.
Coupon Companion is another Google Chrome extension that Text Enhance is embedded in, if anyone wants to add it to the list.
Thanks!
thank you soh much. this was annoying me for ages. wish i’d done it sooner
I found my pain in the butt for text enhance in the FireFox addons listed as Selectionlinks.
looks very harmless, but after diabling it and then removing it.. No More Text Enhance.
As did I. I took a chance and deleted before I came across this site. Seems to be resolved.
Still running a full malwarebytes scan system scan just to be sure.
I had absolutely no clue what I was doing but whatever it was you told me to do worked!!!!!!!!!!
Infinate thanks!!
Terrific! I was able to remove those pesky hover over ads in less than a minute. Thanks!
Hi Solved my problems – “savebyclick 1” was the problem on my PC – found in the FF Add On Extensions.
Great article thanks. Looks like there so much underhanded dealing built into so may programs that you can’t trust any of these folks!
Just ran across a case where a client’s infected browser inserted a script block in a WordPress page which called the Text-enhance JavaScript directly. So this has gone beyond just a browser hijack.
Thank you so much! All I had to do was clear my cache (Google Chrome) and end some extension called “Add Lyrics” which seems to have installed itself. It was affecting a couple of other sites for me but everything is back to normal now, thanks again.
This Text Enhancing has been bugging me for a while on Chrome and IE and I finally looked into what it is and how to get rid of it. Following your steps I found the SmartNow extension and deleted that sucker! Thanks for this great article!! However, I am having issues in Step 4 of Installing AdBlocker. I enter “Text-Enhance.com” or “textsrv.com” in the Domain text field, but it won’t let me click Block It! Am I missing a step somewhere…?
Another thing to add to the list of extensions is “onetab”.
Thanks Allan!
I found this on my computer today (1-14-13) and after removing the “SEND TO KINDLE” app from Amazon this went away. So anyone installing the SEND TO KINDLE app for Firefox be aware that Amazon installs this adware crap (text-enhance adware) without your knowledge. Nowhere is this addition prominently displayed in the download that this crap is installed along with the Amazon Firefox addon.
Thank you so much!!
Had a similar thing called JUST PLUG IT, those bastards.
Zoomex is another name I found for it in Chrome.
^ correct and thanks
Thank you, we have further investigated your suggestion and added it to the list.
THANK YOU!!
Awesome! Thank you! I was absolutely panicking when I thought my own website was pirated and was lucky to find this website with absolutely perfect well presented instructions.
Thanks so much for such a thorough and explicit list of removal options for Enhanced Adware. All options are so detailed and clear. Quick suggestion? You might want to place Option ^ at the top of the list as Option 1. I was shocked to read that simply using system restore would actually remove imbedded adware–but I tried that first and it worked like a charm. Excellent work and much appreciated!
MD
Thanks for the help… this showed up today and I’m hoping you helped me get rid of it… thanks so much.
Hi
I had CouponDropDown on my Safari under MacOS 10.6.8. and the extension that created it called “torrenthandler”.
Sorry to hear and thank you for the information.
Thank you for this information!
Great article…it has infected all of my browsers, yet when I look in the extensions folder, I find nothing.
Does anybody have any details on who or what company is behind Text Enhance? Where are they based? What is their address? I haven’t been able to find much so far. Their Web site is extremely unhelpful — they clearly don’t want to be found. Let’s track these bastards down!
I found my in an extension call ‘selectionlinks’
Seems to have worked. It was infecting Firefox only and I didn’t see any unusual extensions or addons. I deleted all cookies and ran Malwarebytes. Added the two websites as exceptions in the cookie list. Restarted Firefox. So far so good.
I agree, totally awesome and I thank you so much for posting this. Kudos for your help!
AWESOME. Thank you so much!
There’s a new name for the text enhance extension, discovered it in my Chrome browser: Privacy SafeGuard 1.1
This one is even more invasive than before, because it will randomly open a new tab in your browser, and FORCE you to view, even if you’re using another program. The original url always starts with ssl.privacysafeguard (I can’t remember the rest), but quickly changes to a random spam website (The most common of which seems to be adultfriendfinder.).
Thanks Espinoth.
FYI – Found as add-on extension in firefox under the name startnow toolbar
This was really helpful, thanks!!
Hi. There’s also an add-on called “Browse22Save” on Firefox.
Mine was called “Browwse2Saavei” on Firefox. Once disabled and removed, all was good with the world again. Thanks botcrawl!!!
Thank you for sharing this information.
thanks for shearing nice information
OMG thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for this article and instructions, it totally works! I also ran spybot which picked up a lot of garbage associated with this problem.
Thanks, your walk through helpen get rid of an annoying one. It was an extension in Firefox called ‘Save As’.
You are BRILLIANT!!!! Simple clear instructions on how to get rid of my text enhancer brought to me courtesy of Bcool 1.0 in Firefox. I spent ages scanning my computer with no affect. Thanks again.
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks so much
Quiero eliminar DownloadNsave!! cómo lo elimino? por favor
Thanks so much. It was really easy to fix. I went into Firefox tools menu, then Add-ons, and found “OneClickDownloader” that I didn’t put there. I deleted it. And everything is fixed. Thanks again.
Note it was called “1Click Downloader” on my Chrome extensions. Turning it off and uninstalling it took care of the problem.
Thanks! I had that extension on my computer too. That took car of it!
well, it seems to work (for now) with the shockwave, regedit and IE textsrv.com removals and stuff. I siil think it was shockwave which installed it last month…..
Oh goodness, you saved my life. Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. I’m using fire-fox and the plug in was called ‘shopping assistant’ which you may want to add to your list.
think i got vis-saver when i accidentally downloaded google chrome. my laptop was crashing so i uninstalled it, and was left with vid-saver. i thought it was adobe flash so i uninstalled that too 🙁 Thank so much, i wonder how many other things might have got binned has i not google this. thank you soooo much 🙂
Thanks man, it really helped me..
Thank You! I haven’t found the right plugin to remove yet, but by the help of AdBlocker I’ve stopped it. But the url used on my Chrome was trkjmp . com – Found the adress by using the “Inspect element” function (right-click the link) in Crome. No other browser was infected on my PC (Opera, IE9, Safari, Firefox)
Thank you, Thank you Thank you Sean! I download the wrong ID3 tag for my podcasts and ended up with text-enhance on my website. I appreciate you taking the time to write such a detailed article and commenting on the WP forum! You made it so simple even for a non-techy like me. Many blessings!
Thank you! It worked!!!
I have Firefox with ABP and still got this one. I uninstalled an add-on called “PlayBryte 1.1” and the hyperlink ads went away. Thank you for helping me find the source of this annoying bit of adware.
yay finaly no more text enhance 😀 you sir are my hero of the day ^^
Brilliant! Many thanks.
Excellent, thanks for your help.
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It worked!! Thank you so much!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for this excellent article. It was BeCool for me which was NOT COOL.
Seems to have worked. Been putting up with this nuisance for months. Thanks!
THANK YOU
Just made a wrong comment about Local Player. Please do not publish it
It was false alarm. Indeed the culprit is the flash player (both the external and the one embedded in).
Thanks again for your great information.
Wanderlei
Brazil
here it was inside “Local Player” chrome extension, an extension to play mp3 files inside chrome 🙁
thanks for your detailed explanation!
Thanks for all the detailed explanation. For me, it only took uninstalling a program (I think it was called Big Deals) which had an install date about the time I started having problems.
how to get rid of the most annoying on the internet… text-enhance.
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/
This is a damn annoying bit of adware/malware……my particular version came under the name “CouponDropDown”, but as someone commented below, I simply removed the “CouponDropDown” program in Add/Remove Programs and it remove the Firefox/Chrome extensions automatically!
Thank you very much Sean Doyle
Thanks for the help! I deleted all my cookies, temp. internet files, history, etc. and that took care of the problem.
Are any of you getting strange popups when you move your mouse over certain UNDERLINED words in an article only to find out you’re being redirected to a spam site?
If so, you have had TEXT-ENHANCE installed in your web browser without your permission.
Try this, it’s easy and it will disable and delete the TEXT-ENHANCE spam-bot, sometimes also known as SAVINGS-SIDEKICK.
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/
Thanks for the helpful article. I found “I want that” on my mom’s computer’s list of installed programs so I uninstalled it and it automatically deleted the extension and everything to do with Text Enhance, it was way easier than doing it all manually.
Oh my god, I thank the FUCK outa you!
Thank you so much!!
And it was also in my list of installed programs too!
Just removed my Text Enhance malware – you can add to the list of possible names ‘Deals Plugin’. One has to wonder why the anti-virus software I spent good money on didn’t pick it up…..I have a feeling my PC got infected after I purchased a cheap mouse when my normal one broke. Thanks for the removal procedure, was of great assistance.
Thank you. Many of the apps and clients Text Enhance bundles with are considered “legitimate” freeware, which is possibly why it was not detected.
Thanks Sean, well done!
Big thanks
Vid-Saver was it
Thank you so much for your help. Greatly appreciated.
you are epic man
Thanks for all this, thanks so much. It was driving me mad!
wow – cool
Thank you for your great, easy and quick guide. Helped me get rid of it
Hi Sean, I found VideoFileDownload in my extensions, AND in my installed programs under VideoFileDownload. I uninstalled both.. Nasty, annoying bugger. Why isn’t Panda antivirus detecting this? i searched their blog for discussions about it, and nothing found.
Thanks! Being a webmaster myself it was irritating when I was working on my page and random links I hadnt created were all of a sudden there!
this is good
…or am I suppose to modify the ‘value data’ to correspond to what has been listed?
Could anybody lend a hand…? Near the end where it says “Delete Text-enhance.com registries” and provides a list of things.
When it says, for example, ” “CertificateRevocation” = ’0′ ” on the list — what is the 0 referring to?
I’m uncertain of whether I should delete these files no matter what or only if they’re displaying a certain value… any help would be greatly appreciated!
Molestos de esa castrosa publicidad en Twitter que ni es de Twitter? Es un Malware en tu navegador y aquí la solución http://t.co/2bpjCqnK
Thank you so much! This fixed this very annoying problem quickly and easily! Great tutorial 😀
thank you! you should advertise on text-enhance 😉
Dislike It! extension from Facebook also includes TextEnhance. Not sure if this was mentioned by anyone else, but I just did a test extension-by-extension, and Dislike was it.
It’s on the list above. Thanks for mentioning it though.
Thank you much appreciated
this site works! good info i have Google chrome i found through the help of this site it hiding in the ext. as i want this got it gone thanks so much!!!!
this works thanks text enhance is gone it was hiding in the google chrome ext. part under i want this… i didnt want it LOL thanks to u its gone now
In chrome all i had to do is remove ‘Codec-v’ and text enhance was gone. Dealply is a service i wouldnt want to blame because its an alright service and i’ve had dealply long before text enhance raped everyone’s browser. I got text enhance after installing the NCH Software suite which is freeware. All you really have to do is remove the extensions that don’t have icons one after the other because they are never important unless they actually helped you out in an obvious way.
I’m glad to hear you got rid of Text Enhance.
Dealply is bundled with a plethora of different malware infections. I would defiantly blame Dealply for any adware/hijacker type symptoms. I have written about so many coexisting malware apps that are bundled with Dealply and other ware distributed as freeware. Unfortunately this is how many freeware providers generate revenue.
Problema con “text enhance” solucionado. Se había camuflado la extensión con otro nombre. Solución aquí http://t.co/W4gsxiOd
I almost never leave a comment – but this page is just too good/helpful! 🙂 For the record, I was using Firefox, and it was ‘disguised’ under the Extension “I Want This”, which was (even more helpfully) on your list of possible names. Great work, guys! You have a new, interested, indebted, unique visitor…!
-Eric
Stupid Facebook dislike button extension was the problem for me. Thanks for the help on getting rid of this annoying adware 😉
Thank you so much for that. It was driving me nuts!
thanks so much for this,
DEATH TO TEXT-ENHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!
😡
Just wanted to let other Google Chrome users know that this was masked as DownloadnSave in my extensions manager
Thanks so much for all this – super star!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
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Thank you!
just got rid of text-enhance on my computer, damn that annoying advertisement crap 🙁 http://t.co/ZeESGObl
Thank you!!! This has been driving me crazy for days! I couldnt however find any of the named extensions, you mentioned. But hey I dont have that damn add thing anymore . ((((big hugs!)))
Thanks a lot for the tip it work great.
Finalay i got this …….. of the computer.
Oh, thank you a lot for that! Great help!
Thanks for the help in this article (and by the way the extension Video File Download is another name for text enhance on Chrome’s extension page).
Thanks a million:)
That was quick and easy to follow! Thanks!
hey, is there a way for web developers to block this on their site even though a client may have it accidentally installed?? I was hit with this, but it also concerns me if other people end up redirected.
thanks
Not that I’m aware of. Keep in mind if you are infected with Text Enhance, then only you are. Your website has not been injected by Text Enhance.
Text Enhance does not redirect, if your browser is redirecting you, then you are infected with something else alongside Text Enhance (if you also see Text Enhance ads).
If you are having redirection issues I have written this post about something called MyStart. It will have similar solutions to remove a redirection virus and repair hijacked settings.
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-the-mystart-by-incredibar-browser-search-redirection-virus/
Also: http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-searchqu-from-your-computer-and-internet-browser-and-fix-internet-settings-web-search-add-on/
Sorry for the CAPS but YOU ARE AMAZING for the help!!! Quick and easy removal! Saved me a lifetime of complete annoyance!! Keep up the amazing work!
I had text-enhance on this page… Cleared the cache and cookies. Now they’re gone! Yay!
I disabled vid-saver, the only extension that was flagged for me, and the ads were gone.
SCREW YOU bittorent, Inc for recommending vid-saver
hello
i would like to say on record after wasting my entire day running anti-viral and other devices to get rid of “text-enhance” while trying to study for assignments to safely say i would not buy what is advertised on it nor would i not refrain from telling “text enhance” to go f$&k itself 🙂
your sincerly go f*&k urself
p.s. who ever help on this site i owe you one! 🙂
Adware: How To Remove Text Enhance http://t.co/2uCZxERi via @Botcrawl
yay thank you so much, mine was a facebook plug in! deleted it and its gone 🙂
Hey. My Chrome browser was infected with this s*4!-bag. didn’t see it among the extensions – instead deleted all the extensions that i’m not using at least once a week and it disappeared. anyway – tx for giving the direction. Helmuts
Thank you so much! All that I needed to fix my browser! For a second, I thought that my website malibuluxuryrealty.com had been hacked!
Thank you for clearing all this up.
@Tholfen Hittade denna. Lycka till.
http://t.co/IzDImAcU
Thank you so much for posting this. It helped me finally get that crap off my machine/browser. Your information and instructions were very easy to follow. Took me maybe 2 minutes to get it done by removing the site in the security exceptions of my browser. (I had just been disabling and re-enabling Shockwave for months now because other sites I found had info that was worthless)
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks a lot Sean! Mine installed with i-livid and something else so I am no longer downloading free junk but am going to try Graboid since you recommended it in another artical.
Adware: How To Remove Text Enhance http://t.co/vVGrUDfV via @Botcrawl
If you’re having trouble with the stupid text enhance ads – read this & fix your problem… http://t.co/3Qp31vmt SO MUCH BETTER NOW!!!
Thanks a lot! This page was amazingly easy to understand.
Thank you so, so much!
Fantastic advice and website! Thanks so much – my TextEnhance is gone and I now have the knowledge to tackle it in future, should I have to.
Thank you so much! Those text enhance pop up ads had been bugging me for weeks. A quick google and i came acroos this site, so clearly written and easy to understand!! Thank you 🙂
Adware: How To Remove Text Enhance: http://t.co/jJJSy8qf
THANK YOU so much! This adware was driving me to the point of wanting to throw all my furniture out of the window. I’m so glad there was an easy solution to remove this crap!
Thank you so much this not only got rid of the Text Enhance adware/virus it also got rid of this redirect virus that was making it so whenever I googled something it redirected!
Thank you
I came here to check what Text Enhance was because some people at work had it. But I just wanted to say I love the simple design of this website. It reminds me of a virtual text book.
Thank you so much, I am so happy right now!
Mine was hidden inside the “facebook dislike button” extension. I removed this and the advertisment was gone.
@ZegMaarBella Aub http://t.co/pApO9X2q De plugin kon ik niet vinden die genoemd werd maar t zat in skype.
tnks
Creator of this website is really genious 🙂
Thank you! Worked perfectly :). Mine was called ‘Click 2 Save’, once I deleted it all the random highlights were gone, so that’s a new name for the list.
Thanks for the title, added. Good to hear you got rid of it!
Thank you 🙂
I dont have text enhance on my list yet I have the underlined texts…
I’m assuming you have gone through all the extensions for each internet browser installed on your computer. if not please do so.
There are many other names for extensions associated with Text Enhance which are detailed above (or here: http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/#List).
Also, if you do not want to disable Text Enhance we have detailed other removal options:
Disallow Third Party Flash Storage: http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/#Disallow
Delete Directory Files: http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/#Directory
Delete Registry Entries: http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/#Registry
Anti Malware: Malwarebytes.org
Symantec’s FixTDSS Tool: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/global/removal_tool/threat_writeups/FixTDSS.exe
I got rid of it!!!! I figured out where I got it. I added a plug in for Facebook to get rid of time line. It worked but it had text enhance hidden inside. I simply deleted that plugin and now it is gone.
Adware: How To Remove Text Enhance http://t.co/qExElyBn via @Botcrawl
Thankyou ever so much it was really beginning to Piss me off!!! Have a 100 internetz 🙂
Ever noticed some words on a web sites are highlighted in a colour and the word is a links to advert how to remove > http://t.co/S8oKz2Ic
This is such an informative article and very clearly written.
Spams are the most common issue that is troubling the network users.It not only reduces the bandwidth but also like viruses, spread rapidly and infectious.
@TadekSolarz dat is malware op je pc. Zie ook: http://t.co/fAPSdQSz of zoek op Text Enhance
Just met with a new type of Spamware. It hijacks your browser and uses keywords to make ads pop up. Here’s how to remove it.
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/
remove vid-saver plugin/extension in chrome/firefox
I wondered where I got it from GRRRR!!! Thanks 🙂
at least on my my machine, I learned that this rotten piece $hit text enhance disguised itself as Vid Saver extension in chrome and the same Vid saver add-on in Firefox. Its possible that on your machine it may be disguising itself using another extension/plugin.
Remove these extensions/plugins.
same here, it disguised itself as Vid saver on chrome. The irony is I saw text enhance advertise three times whilst reading this article :S
Did everyone know this? I thought text enhance was legitimate advertising until I looked it up. I was suspicious when I saw it on dartmouth.edu…
“Text Enhance is not a realistic in text advertising service.”
http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/
Thank you. I am so grateful for your help. It worked.
Thank you for your help! In my case, it came in the form of a Java update. I disabled it and viola- problem fixed!
Thank you!
thanks
RT @philiplocke: client: “Joomla’s been hacked”… no, your PC is naff & has adware, good bye http://t.co/rOviHrK9
client: “Joomla’s been hacked”… no, your PC is naff & has adware, good bye http://t.co/rOviHrK9
Finding links on a webpage that don’t make sense, or simply go to advertizing. It’s probably not the website…. http://t.co/MIobJAci
Text Enhance showed up for me today in IE9 under Win7 64bit Home Premium. I checked the programs I’ve installed in the last week and it was just Toad for MySQL and VMWare Player – both of which have good pedigrees.
Also there was nothing unexpected in the “Add-ons” (show all add-ons). However, disabling Flash did prevent it from working, but I don’t consider that a valid workaround because some of the sites I use require Flash.
The fact that Flash is facilitating Text Enhance’s operation put me onto a workaround which was to look at the Flash Global Storage Settings which you get to via this webpage:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html
And then uncheck the box which says “Allow third-party Flash content to store data on your computer”
That seems to have prevented Text Enhance from operating on two machines I’ve looked at, without having to disable Flash entirely. I don’t know if there’s still something installed on my machine – neither AVG or AdAware picked it up at any point in a full scan.
I FOUND IT! it’s a codec file…i disabled it and tested it in google then just deleted it. Had to do it for ie as well, but YAY! it’s gone :)…i hope
What an awesome site for help!!! I could understand the instructions even tho i’m not techie…THANKS BUNCHES!
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Well thank you very much, this website was a big help.
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So… I don’t have any of those plug ins- except for Shockwave, which updated yesterday, which, coincidentally, is when I noticed this hideous Text Enhance. I’ve searched my files, add ons, plug ins and the only thing that it could be is Shockwave. So, if I can’t turn off Shockwave, what are my options? Thanks for any advice!
thank you for that…I had that annoying text enhance on my website 🙁 now its bug free….
Thanks guys!
damn thing was driving me nuts !!
Thanks a million mate
Fixed by uninstalling vid-saver extension… And I loved that 🙁
hey thanks a lot, you cleared my headache!
Thank you! That’s work! For me, it was “i want that”.
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Many thanks, I appreciate the info.
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Ugh thank you! Mine came up as “BFlix5.0.” It was so annoying!
Thanks, this was very very helpful!
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Yeah this page helped me.. Thanks alot.. I had an extension on my chrome as Vid-Saver which I removed and now everything is fine.. Thanks again..
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Thank you!
I use Mozilla but found bflix on Chrome which I didnt know was installed on my computer.
Masquerading as an addon called: Vid-save & screwing up my website! Thanks article!
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Thank you for your great information, after followed all instruction, now I am free from virus
I find out the way that we can remove text-enhance and its work very well
– go to C: and wirte in searching field theBflix
– close all Internet browsers
AND then will show for you many theBflix files in many places of C: station
– remove all these files
good luck
– remove all
Got rid of it on Chrome, thank you!!! Now I need more help to find and disable on explorer. I have sent a request via your contact form!
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Adblock for chrome works sooo well
I went through all steps on internet browsers installed on my system just to be safe a few weeks ago and I have had no mishaps so far.
Thank you very much for the clarity.
Thank you soooo much. I have had it bugging me for what feels like forever. and now it is gone and I am happy. 🙂
thank you for this information. had this for the last week or so and was getting pretty fucking annoyed.
Thank you SO SO much for this post. I got rid of that nasty thing.
JESUS CHRIST thank you so much, I could murder someone over this fucking Text Enhance thing. I found it in my add-ons and suddenly ON MY DESKTOP as Codec-V. Thanks for all the info!
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Deleting Codec-C worked instantly.
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Only noticed this ‘text-enhance’ last few days and just thought it was a new thing on some sites until realised it was happening on every site I visited. Thanks to this page I have sorted it quickly – did the Tools > Manage Add ons for IE as above and found it as ‘I Want This’ (installed a week ago, somehow). Disabled it. Then went to Add/Remove programs where it was also sitting so have deleted it from there. Wanted to close down all IE browser windows to finish the uninstall so reckoned that was a good sign. Now all seems ok 🙂
I use lots of different browsers so be warned it may not just be a browser issue….
codec-c
quicktime player
thank you very much
Good Lord Frickin THANK YOU!!!!!
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Thank you so much. I had no idea how this thing got onto my computer in the first place and I had no idea how to get it off. It was under another name! I was so mad. I think it’s finally gone.
those f*king pricks!
that sh* keeps coming back!
Thanks!
Thanks to Neil, I think I found it in Firefox in Shockwave 11.1.102.62. Not seeing the TE links, but unfortunately, no Shockwave applications show up now…
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Thank you so much @WPsean 🙂
I’ve tried to uninstall the program (I’m on Windows 7 with IE9) but can’t locate it in the list of software to uninstall. Where can I locate it?
Yeeeeeeahh Buddy!!! Thank you so much for this! I found another possible name from TE in my extensions, sent it to you for investigation. Thought I was going crazy seeing it everywhere! Posted this article’s link on my blog.
Great post!
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I found it in Chrome under “CodecC 1.0” and in Firefox under Shockwave Flash 11.2.202.233
Finally figured my own text enhance problem, which seems to be different than everyone here. You can add “notepad++” to your list of infected software. It was hiding in shockwave flash like others. Uninstalling “notepad++” in the control panel fixed my own text enhance nightmare. This is one hour i want back hah! Anyway add Notepad++ to your list above and save people some time.
i use google chrome and have not found any of the listed extensions installed on the extensions page or in my add/delete programs in control panel….this is really getting on my nerves…any ideas?
Start with the extensions and just go down the line disabling one by one until you find it. I had two that weren’t on the list.
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no,no. re: firefox —– switching off the ‘shockwave flash’ plugin did get rid of the TE sh*t, but also stopped my flashplayer working
SO i switched to the ‘extentions’ tab in my add-ons manager, and removed and extension called ‘bflix 5.0’
thats worked so far…but i aint jumping for joy yet. give it a day or two with no infection 1st……
i run firefox on vista
deleteted cookies
disabled the ‘shockwave flash 11.2 etc’ add on in the manager
uninstalled ‘bfix’ prog via me control panel
havent tried explorer yet,so will c, but worked for firefox
CUD KISS YOU MATE!
not very encouraging in FFox manager that the thing can still be seen(altho disabled) would be nice to just strait delete it imediately maybe FFox 12.1 will sort that out?
Thanks for all your help!
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A very big thank you to this english guy for showing how to get rid of it my mum said she could kiss you and that your a big help..
Look for either BFLIX 5.0 OR Bflix and uninstall this this is also caused by torrent downloads and the torrent upload toolbar… Thank you once again to the english guy… HOPE THIS HELPS EVERYBODY
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