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Some of my text is showing up highlightened.

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I didn't have this issue until I just uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it again (my former version didn't have highlighted text.) For example: When I go to sites and read stuff, some of the text is randomly highlighted in orange. If you hover your mouse over it, a link comes up on the concern.

How can I disable this?

I didn't have this issue until I just uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it again (my former version didn't have highlighted text.) For example: When I go to sites and read stuff, some of the text is randomly highlighted in orange. If you hover your mouse over it, a link comes up on the concern. How can I disable this?

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cross posted with Nellus91. Sorry - please ignore.

Modified by Ed

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 24.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0

Extensions


Name: Consumer Input Version: 9948 Enabled: false ID: ConsumerInput@Compete

Name: DivX Plus Web Player HTML5

Name: DnsBasic Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: {650EED71-89E2-453B-8DCF-2AA1B4AE6EF3}

Name: Lyrics Finder Version: 1.110 Enabled: false ID: lfind@nijadsoft.net

Name: Norton Toolbar Version: 2012.5.11.8 Enabled: false ID: {2D3F3651-74B9-4795-BDEC-6DA2F431CB62}

Name: Norton Vulnerability Protection Version: 10.1.0.68 - 1 Enabled: false ID: {BBDA0591-3099-440a-AA10-41764D9DB4DB}

Name: TopArcadeHits Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: {0113D088-8ED1-468C-B225-585A9C53B5E3}

Name: Wajam Version: 1.26 Enabled: false ID: {5a95a9e0-59dd-4314-bd84-4d18ca83a0e2}

Important Modified Preferences


browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.search.useDBForOrder: false browser.startup.homepage: http://www.aniroleplay.com/ browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130910160258 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 24.0 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 24.0 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1382380935 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.default_personal_cert: Select Automatically security.disable_button.openCertManager: false security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1382380935

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0102 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 1-27-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2291 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10 Version in use: 4.10

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.1 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.1 Version in use: 3.15.1

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You may have enabled a NoFollow feature in an extension to highlight links.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
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I have seen in your sistem details that you have an exstension named "TopArcadeHits". It s a malware that infects firefox.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.


Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

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I messed around a bit with the plugins. I noticed when I turn off Shockwave Fash 11.9.900.117 it stops, but I'm unable to watch videos any more.

Is there any way I can turn off just the text hightenlightened feature?

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I tried all the programs so far, but Hitman Pro and AntiRookkit. Nothing worked so far, other than turning off Shockwave flash.

Should I even bother with trying the other two?

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Can you attach a screenshot?

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.

Did you try Safe Mode?

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I did, but it didn't work.

The in-text ad is called "infolinks". I'm unable to take a screen shot at the moment, but I will later if I still need to.