text enhance?
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text enhance?
i am now getting "text enhance" when i surf this forum.. i suspect it is on my end and i am running virus scans to try to get rid of it..
anybody else getting random words turned into hyperlinks that show popups when the cursor passes over them?? very annoying!! i have tried a few "fixes" i found to block them but so far no luck...
anybody else getting random words turned into hyperlinks that show popups when the cursor passes over them?? very annoying!! i have tried a few "fixes" i found to block them but so far no luck...
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Re: text enhance?
None here.
I would suggest trying these in this order until it is fixed.
Malwarebytes: anti-malware scanner that complements most antivirus software
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwa ... i_malware/
ESET Antivirus online scanner: I have had good luck with their antivirus definitions catching viruses that other antivirus software did not.
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
Windows system restore: You can restore to a point from before you remember first seeing the problem. This will hopefully uninstall any software that was installed in case it isn't caught by the scans.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... em-restore
I would suggest trying these in this order until it is fixed.
Malwarebytes: anti-malware scanner that complements most antivirus software
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwa ... i_malware/
ESET Antivirus online scanner: I have had good luck with their antivirus definitions catching viruses that other antivirus software did not.
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
Windows system restore: You can restore to a point from before you remember first seeing the problem. This will hopefully uninstall any software that was installed in case it isn't caught by the scans.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... em-restore
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Re: text enhance?
What browser are you useing, l8? I have to help my ageing parents with their computers on a regular basis, so I may as well learn about this in advance.
No problems here in Chrome, by the way.
No problems here in Chrome, by the way.
Re: text enhance?
great minds.... just downloaded and started malwarebytes scan...
i was able to block the popups using add-block plus, but the link is still there so its not a proper solution
i tried a few ideas i found here http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/ but it doesn't seem to be an extension.. i run very few and recognize all the ones i have..
i also tried adding Text-Enhance.com and Textsrv.com to a couple restricted site lists (firefox and internet options)
hopefully the new virus protection will work.. i was using sandboxi up until a few days ago but it has stopped working recently, i am still working on fixing it so my browser will run inside a sandbox again...
i was able to block the popups using add-block plus, but the link is still there so its not a proper solution
i tried a few ideas i found here http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-text-enhance/ but it doesn't seem to be an extension.. i run very few and recognize all the ones i have..
i also tried adding Text-Enhance.com and Textsrv.com to a couple restricted site lists (firefox and internet options)
hopefully the new virus protection will work.. i was using sandboxi up until a few days ago but it has stopped working recently, i am still working on fixing it so my browser will run inside a sandbox again...
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Re: text enhance?
using firefox, but its not specific to it. other browsers get this "virus" as well.dualstow wrote: What browser are you useing, l8? I have to help my ageing parents with their computers on a regular basis, so I may as well learn about this in advance.
No problems here in Chrome, by the way.
it may be a part of a flash player of some sort if its not a traditional virus.
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Re: text enhance?
Flash- I know that I have to update it right away to make sure it isn't compromised.
Yeah, it seems like a lot of the recent security holes were Java-related, weren't they?
On both PCs and Macs.
Yeah, it seems like a lot of the recent security holes were Java-related, weren't they?
On both PCs and Macs.
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Re: text enhance?
What real time antivirus software are you running?
None of the things I posted are a replacement for a real time antivirus program. I assumed you had one since you said you were running scans.
If you don't have one installed, Microsoft provides a very good free one:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... s-download
None of the things I posted are a replacement for a real time antivirus program. I assumed you had one since you said you were running scans.
If you don't have one installed, Microsoft provides a very good free one:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... s-download
Re: text enhance?
running AVG (it didn't find it) looks like something i did fixed the problem however. i disabled some functionality in adobe flash, and found viruses with malwarebytes (16 of them) many were chrome related and i don't have chrome and have never used chrome...weird...
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-Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence
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Re: text enhance?
Kaspersky Online Scanner is a good option as well. By the way here is the list of the online antiviruses, check if you are interested. They do not need installation on PC.