Swift Browse
Posted: October 28, 2013
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 12,350 |
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Threat Level: | 2/10 |
Infected PCs: | 12,821 |
First Seen: | October 28, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | September 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Swift 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.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:c:\windows\system32\drivers\netfilter.sys
File name: netfilter.sysSize: 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.exeSize: 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
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
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