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How To Remove Text Enhance (Virus Removal Guide)

By Sean Doyle · · 4 min read

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.

Text Enhance Removal

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

Text Enhance adware is usually contracted without user knowledge alongside free downloadable content from a variety of locations on the web. Free downloadable content includes freeware, shareware, torrents, email attachments, and more.

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 Text Enhance add-ons and extensions

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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.

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2. Open the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

Malwarebytes

3. Click the large Scan Now button or visit the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.

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4. Once the malware scan is complete, click the Remove Selected button and reboot your computer.

If you are still having issues with potential Text Enhance malware after using Malwarebytes it is recommended to download and install a second opinion scanner such as HitmanPro by Surfright to eradicate existing malicious files and automatically repair corrupted settings.

Step 4: Cleanup and repair settings with CCleaner

1. Download and install the free or full version of CCleaner by Piriform.

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CCleaner Analyze Cleaner

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.

CCleaner Startup

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.

If you are still experiencing issues removing potential Text Enhance malware after using this removal guide we recommend to perform a system restore/recovery or a reset/refresh for Windows 8.

Sean Doyle

Sean is a tech author and security researcher with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, privacy, malware analysis, analytics, and online marketing. He focuses on clear reporting, deep technical investigation, and practical guidance that helps readers stay safe in a fast-moving digital landscape. His work continues to appear in respected publications, including articles written for Private Internet Access. Through Botcrawl and his ongoing cybersecurity coverage, Sean provides trusted insights on data breaches, malware threats, and online safety for individuals and businesses worldwide.

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398 Comments

  1. Crystal

    Thank you for sharing this information.

  2. imran

    thanks for shearing nice information

  4. Kesa Hopkins

    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.

  5. BertvE

    Thanks, your walk through helpen get rid of an annoying one. It was an extension in Firefox called ‘Save As’.

  6. Pete Mullooly

    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.

  9. Mariely

    Quiero eliminar DownloadNsave!! cómo lo elimino? por favor

  10. matildaandcharlie

    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.

  11. Kasey S (@Bazkur)

    Note it was called “1Click Downloader” on my Chrome extensions. Turning it off and uninstalling it took care of the problem.

    1. CC

      Thanks! I had that extension on my computer too. That took car of it!

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  13. Anonymous

    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…..

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  16. Anonymous

    Oh goodness, you saved my life. Thanks so much!

  17. Ravi Shankar

    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.

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  20. Anonymous

    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 🙂

  21. Anonymous

    Thanks man, it really helped me..

  22. Anonymous

    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)

  23. Dawn

    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!

  25. HelenWheels

    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.

  26. Fedjen

    yay finaly no more text enhance 😀 you sir are my hero of the day ^^

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  29. Emma Hudson

    Excellent, thanks for your help.

  30. Anonymous

    It worked!! Thank you so much!

  32. Suze

    Thanks so much for this excellent article. It was BeCool for me which was NOT COOL.

  34. Mark

    Seems to have worked. Been putting up with this nuisance for months. Thanks!

  36. Wanderlei

    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

  37. Wanderlei

    here it was inside “Local Player” chrome extension, an extension to play mp3 files inside chrome 🙁
    thanks for your detailed explanation!

  38. Ann

    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.

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  40. Steve Phillips

    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!

  41. Anonymous

    Thank you very much Sean Doyle

  42. Maura

    Thanks for the help! I deleted all my cookies, temp. internet files, history, etc. and that took care of the problem.

  43. shelly

    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.

  44. evilcorgi

    Oh my god, I thank the FUCK outa you!

  46. Nicole O

    And it was also in my list of installed programs too!

  47. Nicole O

    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.

    1. Sean Doyle

      Thank you. Many of the apps and clients Text Enhance bundles with are considered “legitimate” freeware, which is possibly why it was not detected.

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