The Mal/Swizzor-K is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
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What Mal/Swizzor-K virus can do?
- Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
- Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
- Reads data out of its own binary image
- CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
- The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
- Authenticode signature is invalid
- Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
- Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
- CAPE detected injection into a browser process, likely for Man-In-Browser (MITB) infostealing
- Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
- Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
How to determine Mal/Swizzor-K?
File Info:
name: 060BF8BEBC7FFD961E16.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/822619f4ad68af04175862e65b85128d92b77e2e66168d48bcf5341752505866crc32: B0529570md5: 060bf8bebc7ffd961e16190251634e62sha1: 142589c41df4345d4a2c246f460935a0484bc56dsha256: 822619f4ad68af04175862e65b85128d92b77e2e66168d48bcf5341752505866sha512: 802089877c0f62b179cdb6ee4f4de7755800cead97eb21ec119aaa0bbc5414baf2334b0865584543d98c96e2916032aac32d503657b04a019abc27457368f304ssdeep: 12288:qkT7AfxzRZEYm0vPXYBO7sYQhBFeCEj4w8yUpRw:3QhEOj7kw8fOtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T181C4F11E6381D032D0A952F23B2BA6B2D433AE3419255A03F7D5EF7D6E603A27917707sha3_384: 6d0f3bf4ecfe831796a18e6a14da4861d592d7c40f5452b207e518c2627b00ef56f36c88d8b67ac66a39b5bd5e67d4ffep_bytes: e8c7d4ffffe978feffff89955c040000timestamp: 2007-10-26 15:46:30Version Info:
0: [No Data]
Mal/Swizzor-K also known as:
| Bkav | W32.AIDetectMalware |
| Elastic | malicious (high confidence) |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| FireEye | Generic.mg.060bf8bebc7ffd96 |
| McAfee | Swizzor.gen.c |
| Malwarebytes | Generic.Malware.AI.DDS |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| Sangfor | Trojan.Win32.Save.a |
| Cybereason | malicious.41df43 |
| Cyren | W32/Swizzor.E!Generic |
| Symantec | Packed.Generic.195 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Swizzor.NCQ |
| APEX | Malicious |
| Cynet | Malicious (score: 100) |
| BitDefender | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Virus.Win32.Gen-Crypt.ccnc |
| Avast | Win32:Swizzor |
| Tencent | Malware.Win32.Gencirc.115bb3bf |
| Sophos | Mal/Swizzor-K |
| F-Secure | Trojan.TR/Dldr.Swizzor.Gen |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Siggen8.42998 |
| Zillya | Backdoor.RBot.Win32.48975 |
| TrendMicro | Mal_Swizzor |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.hc |
| Trapmine | malicious.high.ml.score |
| Emsisoft | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 (B) |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.C2Lop |
| GData | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| Jiangmin | Trojan/Obfuscated.Gen |
| Webroot | W32.Malware.Gen |
| Avira | TR/Dldr.Swizzor.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Swizzor |
| Xcitium | TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDownloader.Swizzor.Gen@1fy3o0 |
| Arcabit | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| ViRobot | Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.546304.IW |
| ZoneAlarm | Trojan.Win32.Swizzor.b |
| Microsoft | Trojan:Win32/C2Lop.N |
| Detected | |
| AhnLab-V3 | Win-Trojan/Swizzor2.Gen |
| BitDefenderTheta | AI:Packer.2C41F0C01F |
| ALYac | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.2 |
| MAX | malware (ai score=84) |
| VBA32 | OScope.Trojan.Win32.BagsWay.D |
| Cylance | unsafe |
| Panda | Trj/Swizzor.gen |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Mal_Swizzor |
| Rising | Trojan.DL.Win32.Swizzor.cx (CLASSIC) |
| Yandex | Trojan.Swizzor.Gen!Pac.6 |
| SentinelOne | Static AI – Malicious PE |
| MaxSecure | Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen |
| Fortinet | W32/Swizzor.fam!tr |
| AVG | Win32:Swizzor |
| DeepInstinct | MALICIOUS |
| CrowdStrike | win/malicious_confidence_90% (D) |
How to remove Mal/Swizzor-K?
- Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
- Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
- “Move to quarantine” all items.
- Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
- Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
- Restart your computer.
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