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Swiki

Posted: September 24, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 18,800
First Seen: September 18, 2014
Last Seen: August 26, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows


Swiki is an adware application that may be prone to displaying various ads on a web browser application. The Swiki ads may consist of random offers or giving computer users an option to add on other components to their system and web browser to supposedly make their web surfing experience better. Through use of the Swiki ads users may notice them being redirected to other sites that could have questionable or unwanted content loaded on them. Swiki may also track your web browsing habits and then return ads based on other items or services you have viewed in the past. Stopping the unwanted activities of Swiki may involve complete removal of Swiki and any related add-ons or plugin components.

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\SChecker\SC_li.exe File name: SC_li.exe
Size: 296.76 KB (296767 bytes)
MD5: c01fe700bc7c6321af83a4f305993511
Detection count: 11,130
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Windows\SChecker\SC_li.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 10, 2021
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE\ScriptHost.dll File name: ScriptHost.dll
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: c82e7eec61609a6dced82db085920f16
Detection count: 2,651
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 8, 2020
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Local Disk\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Swiki_IE\ScriptHost.dll File name: ScriptHost.dll
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: a1356f737cdd86293e881e19d1b7329b
Detection count: 1,857
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Local Disk\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Swiki_IE\ScriptHost.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 19, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE\ScriptHost.dll File name: ScriptHost.dll
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: 2009445393ecc5711429e52577ea1504
Detection count: 1,499
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 23, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE\PropertySync.exe File name: PropertySync.exe
Size: 547.32 KB (547328 bytes)
MD5: 65aaa6a5a22c073d3e5e24dd80809601
Detection count: 347
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 23, 2020
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Local Disk\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Swiki_IE\PropertySync.exe File name: PropertySync.exe
Size: 547.32 KB (547328 bytes)
MD5: f5ab9bc0ffd22596b1d1e31f7e06a0ae
Detection count: 183
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Local Disk\Windows.old.000\Program Files\Swiki_IE\PropertySync.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 19, 2022
setup.exe File name: setup.exe
Size: 2.7 MB (2701447 bytes)
MD5: ac043ba19e84231a6b82a9f7007c8905
Detection count: 15
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 18, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE\ScriptHost.dll File name: ScriptHost.dll
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: 8cbacc9bea48b8bfc5986164793c4fb9
Detection count: 14
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 25, 2017

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki%PROGRAMFILES%\SwikiIE%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_IE%PROGRAMFILES%\Swiki_v1.2%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Swiki%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SwikiIE%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Swiki_IE%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Swiki_v1.2
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