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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Remove Ads by Hi-Lighter from IE/ Chrome/ Firefox Completely

If you get lots of pop-up ads from Hi-Lighter here and there in your browser pages, it only means that your PC is infected with a potentially unwanted program or an adware.

What Is Hi-Lighter?


Hi-Lighter is a free program that claims to offer text magnification for easy viewing and the ability to store all highlighted text, allowing you to manage marked texts and search for them later on. However, due to its nasty behaviors like getting installed on users' PC without obvious notification, people often rank in low acceptance of Hi-Lighter and regard it as a deceptive adware.

a screenshot of Hi-Lighter official site

As its chief purpose is to generate revenue for its developers and sponsors, it often comes into users’ PC via other free programs downloaded from third parties, and displays numerous pop-up ads within your Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox no matter how they dislike seeing the ads. If you click any of the Hi-Lighter ads, you will be automatically redirected to unknown and malicious sites and open the door for the other malicious malware.

Be aware that the longer Hi-Lighter stays on your PC the more troubles it will cause. Timely removal of it is the best way to get you out of the irritating situation. Follow useful tips introduced below to get rid of Hi-Lighter immediately.


How to Get Rid of Hi-Lighter Easily and Thoroughly


Option A. Manual Removal Guide
Option B. Automatic Removal Guide

Free to choose the one you prefer.

Option A. Manual Removal Guide

Step 1: Stop unwanted processes generated by Hi-Lighter in Windows Task Manager

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Task Manager, find suspicious program and then click the End Process button to end its running process.

end process in Windows Task Manager

Step 2: Uninstall unwanted program from Control Panel

Go to the Start menu; select Control Panel; locate Programs and click on Uninstall a program. If there is anything related to Hi-Lighter; on the list of your Programs, then select it and uninstall it.


Step 3: Disable/remove relevant add-on from your browser

Internet Explorer :
1) Click on the Tools > select Manage Add-ons.
2) Go to Toolbars and Extensions tab > right click on Hi-Lighter > select Disable in the drop-down menu.

ie add-ons

Google Chrome :
1) Click on Customize icon > Select Settings > Go to Extensions tab.
2) Locate Hi-Lighter and select it > click Trash button to remove this extension.

chrome extensions

Mozilla Firefox :
1) Click on the orange Firefox button on the upper left corner of the browser > hit Add-ons.
2) Go to Extensions tab > select Hi-Lighter > Click Remove.

firefox extensions

Safari:
1) Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....
2) In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.
3) This time select Clear History and Website Data... on Safari menu.
4) In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Step 4: Disable suspicious entries created by Hi-Lighter

Click on the Start menu > type "Run" in the search bar > type "regedit" in the Run box and then click OK to open Registry Editor > delete all entries generated.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREsupWPM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”
HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adware name]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]

Step 5: Restart your computer to take effect.

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Option B. Automatic Removal Guide (Highly Recommended)


Step 1: Remove Hi-Lighter with SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware, etc.

1) Click on the below button to FREE download SpyHunter.

SpyHunter download button

2) Run its .exe file and follow the instruction to complete the setup process.



last step of SpyHunter setup

3) Open SpyHunter and click on the "Scan Computer Now!" button to start a free scan on your PC.

SpyHunter-start new scan

SpyHunter will now start scanning your computer as shown below.

SpyHunter-scanning process

4) When the scan is completed, all the threats in your computer are successfully detected. Tick "Select All" and then click "Remove" button to uninstall it.

SpyHunter-detected result

Step 2: Optimize your PC with RegCure Pro

RegCure Pro is an advanced optimizer which is able to solve your computer system problems, remove your privacy items produced by online searches, delete junk files, uninstall malware and fix performance problems.

(You can download and use RegCure Pro with confidence because it doesn't contain any additional items or conflict with your current used antivirus program.)

1) Click on the below button to FREE download RegCure Pro.

RegCure Pro download button

2) Allow the program to install by clicking on the "Yes" button, and then follow the instruction to complete the setup process.

run RegCurePro Setup.exe



3) When the program is successfully installed, double click on its desktop shortcut to open it. On the Overview tab, check all the scan settings and then click on the "Click to Start Scan" button to run a system scan on your PC.

RegCure Pro-Click to Start Scan

RegCure Pro will now start scanning your computer as shown below. The first system scan will take some time, please be patient.

RegCure Pro-system scan process

4) When the system scan is done, click on the "Fix All" button to completely remove all the performance problems in your computer.

RegCure Pro-detected result

In Conclusion:
Hi-Lighter is potentially unwanted and may direct your system into deep trouble. You're not recommended to keep it on your PC if it appears unexpectedly.

Download SpyHunter to prevent or remove Hi-Lighter now.

Download RegCure Pro to optimize your PC performance easily.

Start Live Chat with an expert if you do not want to install more programs.

Note: the free versions of SpyHunter and RegCure Pro are only for detection. To remove the malicious threats and trashes from your PC, you will need to purchase their removal tool.

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