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What is Bold Letters?

Developers of the Bold Letters browser plug-in (SuperWeb LLC) present it as a legitimate tool to improve the Internet browsing experience, since it supposedly enables various useful features such as coupons and comparison shopping. This functionality may seem legitimate and useful, however, Bold Letters is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware.

The add-on is mostly distributed using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling'. This method is used to stealthily install third party applications when user installs regular software, and therefore, Bold Letters adware is often distributed together with free software downloadable on freeware download websites.

Following successful infiltration on Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox), Bold Letters displays various intrusive online ads including pop-up, search, banner, interstitial, transitional, full-page, and other similar advertisement types.

Most of these ads redirect to rogue websites containing infectious content, and therefore, clicking them might cause further high-risk adware or malware infections.

Bold Letters adware puts users' privacy at risk, since it collects various Internet browsing-related information (some of which may be personally identifiable) including IP addresses, websites visited, search queries entered, pages viewed, unique identifier numbers, and other collected data.

Therefore, the presence of this adware on your system may cause serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Bold Letters is just one of hundreds of PUPs developed by SuperWeb LLC. This company releases identical browser extensions under different names to avoid detection by legitimate anti-spyware or anti-virus software.

WunderWeb, SearchFin, Higher Aurum, and other add-ons including Bold Letter, claim to enable various useful features, however, they provide no real value.

The purpose of Bold Letter and most adware-type applications, is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online advertisements and sharing collected data with third parties. Therefore, you are strongly advised to uninstall Bold Letters from your system immediately.

Popular freeware download websites such as download.com and soft32.com employ small 'download applications' to monetize their traffic and free services. These applications (also called 'download tools', 'download managers', 'download clients', 'installers', etc.) are developed to offer installation of third party apps together with the chosen software.

Although the developers present their software as '100% legitimate and virus-free', there is a high probability that careless download and installation of freeware will result in adware or malware infections. To avoid this situation, closely analyse the download process of any free software and uncheck all additionally-included programs.

Furthermore, select the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' options during installation of downloaded programs - this will reveal any bundled applications listed for installation and allow you to opt-out. The following instructions will guide you through removal of the Bold Letters PUP from your system.

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Quick menu:

• What is Bold Letters?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Bold Letters application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Bold Letters adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Bold Letters ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Bold Letters' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Bold Letters extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Bold Letters adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Bold Letters", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Bold Letters ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Bold Letters adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Bold Letters", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the bold letters adware, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Bold Letters", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the bold letters adware, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Bold Letters".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with bold letters adware removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the bold letters adware, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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