The Browser Highlighter application, which highlights phone numbers, forms and other products to take the legwork out of web surfing, has been the source of many problems for computer users. It is a combination browser-addon and TSR application. The Browser Highlighter may become installed on a system without the owners consent. The two main sources of this malware are 1) eBay and 2) Skype. The Browser Highlighter not only integrates with the web browser, it also adds background processes (daemons) that are visible in the Windows Task Manager. The Browser Highlighter is a combination of adware and bundleware. You will see more than one programs running as Processes in the Windows Task Manager associated with The Browser Highlighter.
The Browser Highlighter may cause Firefox to run slow or crash.
The Browser Highlighter uses system memory and may impact the performance of your PC.
Uninstalling the browser addon does not remove the background processes from the system.
Removal
First, uninstall the addon through the web browser's addon menu.
Second, use the Windows ADD REMOVE Programs function in the Control Panel to remove all programs related to TBH.
Windows Footprint
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> monitor
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> base
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\monitor
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> bin
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> packages
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\monitor\bin
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
10/22/2009 01:57 PM 70,952 tbhMonitor.exe
10/22/2009 01:57 PM 89,191 tbhMonitor-1_0.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 2,827 tbhMonitor.log
3 File(s) 162,970 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\monitor\packages
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
10/22/2009 01:57 PM 1,039,715 base-1_0.kpg
1 File(s) 1,039,715 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\base
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> bin
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> config
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> packages
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> downloads
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 16 session.txt
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 0 lastUpdateTimestamp
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 891 pkgConfig.xml
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 0 lastAcceptTimestamp
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 1 profile.txt
5 File(s) 908 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\base\bin
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:23 PM <DIR> ..
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 62,760 tbhDaemon.exe
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 62,760 tbhDialog.exe
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 492,840 tbhSystray.exe
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 70,952 tbhMonitor.exe
4 File(s) 689,312 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\base\config
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> ..
01/14/2010 06:25 PM 512 auctionAlert.pref
02/20/2010 02:09 PM 232 highlights.pref
02/20/2010 02:37 PM 184 AAExtended.pref
02/23/2010 07:48 PM 216 plugin.pref
02/24/2010 03:07 PM 706 browserCfg.xml
5 File(s) 1,850 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\base\packages
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> ..
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 16,998 auctionAlertDaemon.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 148,858 kreLib-1_0.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 16,022 tbhDaemon-1_0.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 164,308 tbhLib-1_0.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 3,583 tbhSystray-1_0.kpg
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 1,810 daemonUpgrader-1_0
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 17,138 tbhDaemon-1_1
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 5,801,342 win-ff-core-8_0
04/02/2010 11:48 AM 17,138 tbhDaemon-1_1.kpg
9 File(s) 6,187,197 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\tbh\base\downloads
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> .
12/26/2009 07:24 PM <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes