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Swift Browse

Posted: October 28, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 12,350
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 12,821
First Seen: October 28, 2013
Last Seen: September 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Swift Browse Screenshot 1Swift Browse is an adware that may display annoying random ads on the targeted computer when the PC user is visiting shopping related and social networking websites. The pop-up advertisements displayed by Swift Browse may recommend PC users numerous discounts and offers. If the computer user clicks on these pop-up ads, Swift Browse may unwillingly reroute him to suspicious commercial websites. Swift Browse may be embedded into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome while the web user is installing other freeware and shareware, for example freeware and shareware applications, such as free video players, PDF creator, and other tools. While being installed on the computer system, Swift Browse may modify browser settings and substitute the default start page and search engine with a certain advertising website. When the computer user attempts to look for anything in any genuine search engine, he may see the toolbar of Swift Browse on the web browser that may deliver and show a variety of pop-up ads and sponsored links pertaining to the computer user's search results.

Aliases

Tool.NetFilter.1 [DrWeb]Application.Win32.RiskWare.NetFilter.D [Comodo]WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



c:\windows\system32\drivers\netfilter.sys File name: netfilter.sys
Size: 36.04 KB (36048 bytes)
MD5: 6e2d617d404dedc3e62feb33304bbe3e
Detection count: 8,279
File type: System file
Mime Type: unknown/sys
Path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\netfilter.sys
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 20, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swift Browse\bin\utilSwiftBrowse.exe File name: utilSwiftBrowse.exe
Size: 65.31 KB (65312 bytes)
MD5: ca2f77a5e5d52d7d2eaf13f0f2f5a249
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Swift Browse\bin
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 29, 2013

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{47ADEAA5-2986-44B2-A914-5D8516E58443}{808dc83c-d35b-4fba-a5b5-9a52103204df}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\swiftbrowse.netSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSwiftBrowse_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSwiftBrowse_RASMANCSSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Settings\{808DC83C-D35B-4FBA-A5B5-9A52103204DF}Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{808DC83C-D35B-4FBA-A5B5-9A52103204DF}Software\Swift BrowseSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSwiftBrowse_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\updateSwiftBrowse_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{808DC83C-D35B-4FBA-A5B5-9A52103204DF}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Swift BrowseSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\Update Swift BrowseSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Update Swift BrowseSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\Update Swift BrowseSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Update Swift BrowseHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Swift Browse

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ProgramFiles%\Swift Browse%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Swift Browse
The following URL's were detected:
Swift BrowseSwiftBrowse
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