Easily Remove Word Highlight Extension out of PC

As experienced Internet surfers, we are always pleased to try out new ways to cope with nasty PC infections like Word Highlight Extension. If you unluckily fall its victim, continue reading this passage and remove it at ease.

Label Word Highlight Extension As An Adware

According to newly-released data, PC experts and users are seeing increasing numbers of operating  system with Word Highlight Word Highlight, which has been recently labeled as an adware-type unwanted program.

Just like what other adware out there does, Word Highlight Extension takes over any web browser and piles up unwanted ads. The attempts by you to browse on Internet smoothly will be defeated if you hold it on your system. You click the X button but just receive another pop-up; you get in fear at the sound of unexpected game ads; and you have to reactivate web browser time and time again due to page failure or sluggish connection.

Word Highlight Extension Brings You Something Else Troublesome

If you think endless ads is not such a big deal and do not bother to work out its removal, things will turn out to be cruel for you. Something else more than commercial ads or constant interruption will put your  nerves on edge.

1. It can spy on your online activities and steals your privacy.
2. It can help hackers transfer more threats to your system.
3. It  consumes CPU excessively to trigger slower speed and BSOD error.
4. It may open backdoor for hacker and let them lock your system to rob you.

But you are not doomed to suffer all these if you remove Word Highlight Extension in time. Now take a look at following removal steps:

Plans to Erase Word Highlight Permanently and Safely

( Plans offered below have been tested and already helped many victims get rid of Word Highlight and successfully get back their favorite homepage.)

Plan I : Remove Word Highlight completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

Plan II: Remove Word Highlight Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Plan I : Remove Word Highlight completely with the Strong Removal Tool Spyhunter (Popular)

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1. Download The Automatic Removal Tool to remove Word Highlight completely and end your nightmare

(You have 2 options for you: click Save or Run to install the program. You are suggested to save it on the desktop if you choose Save so that you can immediately start the free scan by clicking the desktop icon.)

2. The pop-up window box below needs your permission for the setup wizard. Please click Run.

Continue to follow the setup wizard to install the Automatic Removal Tool.

It may take a while to download all the files. Please be patient. 

No More Hesitation. Time to scan your PC. Please click Start New Scan/ Scan Computer Now!

Click Fix Threats to remove Word Highlight and other unwanted programs completely.

Plan II: Remove Word Highlight Manually by Correctly Following the Manual Removal Steps

Step 1: End Word Highlight related processes from Task Manager.

  Windows XP 

- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to open Windows Task Manager ;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Word Highlight and click End Process

 Windows 7 / Windows Vista 

- Bring up Task Manager by right clicking on Task Bar or pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del together;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Word Highlight and click End Process

 Windows 8 / 8.1

- Right-click on Task Bar and click Task Manager;
- Under the Processes tab, right-click on the processes related with Word Highlight and click End Process

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Step 2: Reset your browsers.

  Remove Word Highlight from Google Chrome

- Click on the Chrome menu button on the browser toolbar, select Tools, and then click on Extensions

- In the Extensions tab, remove Word Highlight as well as any other unknown extensions by clicking the Trash Can icon

  Remove Word Highlight from Internet Explorer

Reset Internet Explorer settings to reverse it back to when it first installed on your PC.

- Open Internet Explorer>click on the gear icon > click again on Internet Options.
- In the Internet Options dialog box> click on the Advanced tab> click on the Reset button.

- In the Reset Internet Explorer settings section, select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.

- When Internet Explorer has completed its task, click on the Close button in the confirmation dialogue box. Close your browser and then reopen to check.

  Remove Word Highlight from Mozilla Firefox

Resetting Firefox and help solve your problems happening on Firefox. It can not only fix Word Highlight issue but also other malware installed on Firefox by restoring Firefox back to its factory default state while backing up your personal information like bookmarks, account usernames, passwords, homepage, open tabs and others.


- In the upper-right corner of the Firefox window, click the Firefox menu button , the click on the Help button.

- From the Help menu, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

4. Click on the Reset Firefox button in the new confirmation window that opens if you want to continue. Firefox will close automatically and revet to its default settings. A window box will show the information that was imported. Then click Finish.

Reminder: You will find your old Firefox profile on your desktop under the name of Old Firefox Data. In case reset isn't working to fix your issue, you can restore some of the information not saved by copying files to the new profile that was created. You are suggested to delete the folder you don't want it in case it contains your sensitive information.


Step 3: Delete all registry entries that are related to Word Highlight.

Press Windows + R keys together, and then type regedit in the blank.

Find the related malicious programs and delete all of them.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Step 4. Reboot your computer to take effect.


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