Help with Win32/Swif.I Trojan on my HCL ME Netbook

[Jarini]

I had recently purchased a new HCL ME laptop. It had Windows XP operating system installed, which I upgraded to Windows Vista. I had no problems while upgrading. But then when I was installing the Adobe Flash Plug-ins for Internet Explorer 8, Avira anti virus terminated the process and showed an alert regarding Win32/Swif.I Trojan. Now I do not know whether the virus is deleted or not. How to delete it and also provide some information on the same.

[Snake08]

This trojan is also recognized by Microsoft and it has allocated Severe Level Alert for this trojan- Win32/Swif.I. This trojan aims to explore and attack on the Adobe Shockwave Flash vulnerability. As it is known to attack the Adobe Shockwave Flash vulnerability it is been propagated in the .swf file extension, which is for Adobe Shockwave Flash files. This trojans causes unknown files to be downloaded and executed on the infected machine.

[Steve123]

My suggestion would be that you boot your computer in Safe Mode. The Safe Mode will not execute any third party software applications. Thus it is termed as Safe Mode. The icons on desktop screen appear larger in size. Reboot your computer and when the vendor logo is displayed keep tapping the F8 Key. This will boot your computer in Safe Mode. Now you may run a full system scan to detect and delete the virus.

[Jarini]

I tried the suggested Safe mode scan on my HCL ME laptop, but the was not the solution. When I scanned my laptop in safe mode it detected the Win32/Swif.I Trojan and also allowed me to delete it. Then when I restarted my computer in normal and scanned it, the Win32/Swif.I Trojan was again detected. I guess the Avira anti virus is not working. Suggest some other removal methods and anti virus as well.

[Milton.J]

In case you are not able to terminate the Trojan I would recommend you to restore your Windows settings to a safe restore point. For that you can use the Windows System Restore Utility. This programs will allow you to revert your Windows Settings to an earlier Restore point when the Trojan/Virus was not present on your system. I had used this utility when my desktop computer was infected by a virus.

[Shen]

I have installed Avast anti virus on my Dell laptop since the last one year. And I had no issues regarding any Trojan, Virus, Worm or any other malicious program. I had earlier used AVG anti virus which was not enough secured. The Boot scan feature enables to scan your computer before Windows booting begins. Download Avast Anti Virus and install it on your computer.