Manual Removal Guide for Swizzor

The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Swizzor" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:

• trojan

Description:

Swizzor installs itself on the computer and tries to connect to a server in the internet. Then it waits for new orders to harm the computer.

Removal Instructions:

Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

• Entries named "eggs joy math type" and pointing to "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy\*.exe".
• Entries named "eggs joy math type" and pointing to "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy\Meta Tons.exe".
• Entries named "itchmeal".
• Entries named "InsideAnteBarbHelp".
• Entries named "itchmeal" and pointing to "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\okay four.exe".
• Entries named "InsideAnteBarbHelp" and pointing to "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\FOROWNS.exe".

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\0".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\okay four.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\sendflagsize.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy\Link Wma.exe".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bis3.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy\Meta Tons.exe".
• The file at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\bis2.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\Junk rdr.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\AC05871B".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\chaialnd.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\okay four.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\scr poke less dvd.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\sendflagsize.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\START TRANS KEEP\meta barb.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\START TRANS KEEP\software wait.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\Open Keep.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\FourBolt.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\Close Axis.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\Free draw chic".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\FOROWNS.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\rbqrvbhx.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\AC05871B".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\okay four.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\scr poke less dvd.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK\sendflagsize.exe".
• The file at "<$APPDATA>\START TRANS KEEP\meta barb.exe".
• The file at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante\Free draw chic".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Swizzor uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy".
• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Bind army eggs joy".
• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\START TRANS KEEP".
• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\LOGANTIFORK".
• The directory at "<$APPDATA>\START TRANS KEEP".
• The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\Uploadwipeinsideante".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Swizzor uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

• Delete the registry key "{B4C2B726-F1D7-8793-51C3-A77C56290568}" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{F781463B-D07D-4D57-2D3C-263631D800FF}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
• Delete the registry value "lop.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry value "www.lop.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry key "" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\DeviceClasses\{6994AD04-93EF-11D0-A3CC-00A0C9223196}\##?#PCI#VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_02#3&61AAA01&0&90#{6994ad04-93ef-11d0-a3cc-00a0c9223196}\#Wave\Device Parameters\".
• Delete the registry value "dns-look-up.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry value "search200.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry value "www.dns-look-up.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry value "www.search200.com" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow\".
• Delete the registry key "{B4C2B726-F1D7-8793-51C3-A77C56290568}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
• Delete the registry key "{F781463B-D07D-4D57-2D3C-263631D800FF}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".

If Swizzor uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.

Browser:

The following browser plugins or items can either be removed directly in your browser, or through the help of e.g. Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer.

• Please check your bookmarks for links to "www.kzuhdxwfpktkqixmwwxemlea.com".
• Please check your bookmarks for links to "www.ivirpkzzwfcwquowytwtojxd.com".

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,

1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.