The Browser Highlighter

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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.

Removethebrowserhighlighter.jpg

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