highlited words in sentances etc

rossireps

hi
wonder if anyone can help?
i seem to have a problem where certain words are highlited and if u hover over them ,they seem to bring up stuff contacted to phones etc. for example communication and if you hover over it i get info on iphone5s.
its extremely annoying and not sure how its happened,or how its happened. i have got a new phone recently and installed the software for it. thankyou

dogmaryxx

Browser add-on/extension.

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rossireps wrote: »

hi
wonder if anyone can help?
i seem to have a problem where certain words are highlited and if u hover over them ,they seem to bring up stuff contacted to phones etc. for example communication and if you hover over it i get info on iphone5s.
its extremely annoying and not sure how its happened,or how its happened. i have got a new phone recently and installed the software for it. thankyou

It's another form of advertising I'm afraid. You don't say where you see these ads, but on forums it's usually only if you are not logged in as a registered user.

waddler_8

Text-Enhance?

Dealt with similar on this board yesterday:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4407081

tonyh66

I believe they are called skimlinks, common on forums and blogs clicking on them generates revenue for the site they are on.

waddler_8

They are on websites, but they can also be installed on your computer along with software (usually freeware) as a browser add-on, so you'll see them on whatever site you are on.

rossireps

Thanks all
They are on here and eBay and other forums. Anyway I can find out where they've come from and get rid or am I stuck with them? Thank you

waddler_8

What browser do you use?

rossireps

i use firefox

waddler_8

Either,

Disable all firefox extensions, then re-enable them one by one until you find the extension causing the problem.

Managing extensions: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extensions-add-features-to-firefox?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Using+extensions+with+Firefox#w_managing-extensions

Or,

Download DDS from the link below and save it to your desktop:

Link

After you've downloaded it and saved it to your desktop:

• Double click DDS to run it.
• When it's finished, DDS will open two logs:

1. DDS.txt
2. Attach.txt

Save both reports to your desktop.

Copy & paste the contents of just DDS.txt for now and post it here (you may need to split the log over separate posts)

rossireps

thanks waddler ill do that