Should I remove “Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5”?

The Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5 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 Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5 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
• Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• CAPE detected injection into a browser process, likely for Man-In-Browser (MITB) infostealing
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5?

File Info:
name: 7D90B4A4CE8D6382819F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a4204d9bf44f930f8b5050f2698ceb23a03bdc24f949ab5fc2175e1013fbbe3c
crc32: 126B4C08
md5: 7d90b4a4ce8d6382819fb7d37c496a82
sha1: 95af78b49de41f915785253a8f9c2315e99e6e1c
sha256: a4204d9bf44f930f8b5050f2698ceb23a03bdc24f949ab5fc2175e1013fbbe3c
sha512: ad9b1eb8e9738308576fdf1fb31b15210fa29e096da579b8012fbd4d48af62267c378083972e34f54e109ebb11128ea19459d9735df62c2e4590758bbf1fd8ec
ssdeep: 12288:NBWmWh19reM5OSZDlTe7zXbMnov1+9PB:NBeh19reM55Dte7zXbvE9
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1AF84CFC1A2F0DC7EE58BD6380F3D4B760F6138EB3755AF2ABA8455AD3C529C44222365
sha3_384: a94aa4956a6811847f8a823ca35de6cf125a3b75a19e5e44fd08da02ddd082edbdb9fc80734666366cfb0523e8530348
ep_bytes: e8cf810000e978feffff8bff558bec57
timestamp: 2007-10-26 16:59:34

Version Info:
CompanyName: Fli width
FileDescription: Tsosiste rinyank
FileVersion: 2.0.6.6
InternalName: wind
LegalCopyright: Nenwiom walofy thagh to tyou.
OriginalFilename: wind.exe
ProductName: Andis dwis leriv
ProductVersion: 2.0.6.6
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5 also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Swizzor.Gen.5?

• 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.