Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A removal

The Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A 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:Win32/Swrort.A virus can do?

Executable code extraction
Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (1 unique times)
Creates RWX memory
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.

How to determine Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A?


File Info:
crc32: 477D159C
md5: 8a36001c801ccda45783c69df7777d15
name: putty.exe
sha1: 5f548635f1a4e39f8b504012a22cf844376f6772
sha256: cfcf44270b1a9d658b3195934b5ce4c10f588eab4162749f9910090238c4ee0c
sha512: 5332200f16b7fd4d0e1a1aa4c887e2925024224a2fd1af3a5f2593a470afcbc6615b66b6f75a43f002998bcef8d00f25a261307ebef36d7e37b575516ec6d8da
ssdeep: 24576:UnYO/xJrstd2u3vlcfo259gy6Ym4ZrpdSdwwDtrm83z:6bst4u3OA2PgTqpdSdvDtrm+z
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 1997-2019 Simon Tatham.
InternalName: PuTTY
FileVersion: Release 0.73 (with embedded help)
CompanyName: Simon Tatham
ProductName: PuTTY suite
ProductVersion: Release 0.73
FileDescription: SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client
OriginalFilename: PuTTY
Translation: 0x0809 0x04b0

Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectVM.malware2
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733
Qihoo-360	Generic/HEUR/QVM10.2.4CF1.Malware.Gen
McAfee	MalHeur-FAG!8A36001C801C
Cylance	Unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Sangfor	Malware
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00559eb11 )
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733
K7GW	Trojan ( 00559eb11 )
Cybereason	malicious.c801cc
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R015C0DBF20
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34090.cD0@aCos3zbi
Cyren	W32/Trojan.SEGW-8167
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Swrort.f2d2ce5b
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Rozena.hbavsp
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Eane
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733
Sophos	Mal/Shellter-C
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1000844
Invincea	heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.tc
FireEye	Generic.mg.8a36001c801ccda4
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Rozena
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1000844
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Arcabit	Trojan.Razy.D74E0D
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.RL_Generic.R303425
Acronis	suspicious
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Razy.478733
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Swrort
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Rozena.AIL.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R015C0DBF20
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDML:oYAO5XCbNuA16SQragCz0g)
SentinelOne	DFI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet	W32/Shellter.C!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A?

Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A removal tool

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.

About the author

Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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