Q: how do I get rid of text enhance spyware

The newest version of this virus was impossible to get rid of, so I reformmatted my hard drive. Luckily I had a back up from a month ago.

Not only was I getting underlined words, but I had a debilitating amount of pop ups. Even with a pop up blocker, it was clear it was working overtime and was just a band aid and still slowing down my computer and putting endless cookies in it, not a real solution to the problem.

I checked everywhere, extensions, extensions on browsers I don't use, the library folder, and I used secure deletion of files. I found files that were suspicious but even when I deleted them the problem persisted.

There is also a lot of misinformation about this virus. I highly doubt that you can just "opt out" without at least getting lots of background ******** on your computer still. I even paid for norton antivirus but it wouldn't detect it.

Save yourself the time and energy and just back up what you need and reformat the whole thing.

Note that this topic was started in early 2012, more than two years ago, and things have changed a LOT since then. Any discussions of modern adware really has no place on such an antiquated topic, and should be posted elsewhere.

As for a modern solution, if you're having a problem with pop-up ads, randomly-underlined words, hijacked search engines and the like, you probably have some kind of adware. Adware is not difficult to remove, if you know how. It does not require erasing the hard drive. Just go to my Adware Removal Guide and follow the directions there.

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Thomas, yes!!! That worked, thank you so much. I had tried everything, and it worked.