Highlightly

Posted by Max Lehmann on February 13, 2014

What is Highlightly?

Highlightly is a free browser add-on which allows computer users to access desirable information without leaving the website that is being browsed. The program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Moreover, it is promoted at gethighlighty.com and is a little similar to Remarkit and other browser plug-ins which are aimed at improving the user’s browsing experience. If you have installed Highlightly by accident and want to remove it from the computer, jump to the last section where you will find our recommendations for the removal of this program.

How does Highlightly work?

Highlightly is an ad-supported application, which is also categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). When you find a word which you want to look up, it is enough to highlight because Highlightly provides you with access to Wikipedia, Bing Search, Bing Translate and a thesaurus. Different information about your search term is provided in three tabs. Having finished reading, you can close the Highlightly in-page window and continue browsing.

When it comes to advertising, it is claimed that Highlightly seeks to provide you with advertising relevant to you; hence, particular information regarding your browsing behavior is being collected. In order to acquire information that is necessary in order to provide you with relevant advertisements, Highlightly may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons, flash cookies and other techniques. The information that is being collected is not related to your identification. Highlightly may record the type of the browser, browser language, search queries, type of the operating system and other non-personally identifiable information.

However, the third-party advertisements that are displayed by Highlightly are not controlled by the service. Every time you click on a new ad, you start interacting with a particular website, which is likely to have its privacy policy. If the website has poor ratings, do not make any purchase on it in order not to lose your personal information and/or money. The removal of Highlightly is by the far the easiest way to reduce the risk of computer infections and data loss, especially if you are not willing to be bombarded with various advertisements when browsing the Internet.

How to remove Highlightly?

It is not a secret that it is possible to uninstall the program; however, it may be insufficient. In order to fully remove Highlightly from the computer, we recommend using SpyHunter because it can easily eliminate browse cookies and other spyware program. Not only can it remove Highlightly; it can also shield the system from various computer threats, so do not hesitate to provide the computer with professional protection against malware and spyware programs.