sw.exe – Here is the scoop on silent spy spyware as it pertains to computer network security. The big question: what is sw.exe and is it spyware, a trojan and if so, how do I get rid of silent spy spyware?
sw.exe (silent spy spyware) – Details
If your pc has the sw.exe process running on it, the spyware program ‘silent spy’ may be installed on your pc. The ‘silent spy’ process will monitor activity on your pc and potentially send this information to a third party.
sw.exe is considered to be a security risk, not only because spyware removal programs flag silent spy spyware as spyware, but also because a number of users have complained about its performance.
silent spy spyware is likely spyware and as such, presents a serious vulnerability which should be fixed immediately! Delaying further investigation of sw.exe may cause serious harm to your system and will likely cause a number of problems, such as slow performance, loss of data or leaking private information.
You should take our Firewall Test and look at your Digital Footprint to make sure your system is not giving away valuable information or has open ports on your firewall that may allow attackers to compromise your computer; these tests are completely free.
Whenever you have a concern about a file like sw.exe, feel free to leave a comment (you’ll find the comment section at the bottom of this page); we’ll research your process or dll file and post the results to the site.
We do our best to update process information as often as possible but inaccuracies may still exist; a prime example would be a virus that is named after a legitimate file and perhaps silent spy spyware is such a case. If you find an inaccuracy or have information that will help others, please, don’t hesitate to leave a comment!
SW.EXE – Disclaimer
Every attempt has been made to provide you with the correct information for sw.exe or SILENT SPY SPYWARE. Many spyware / malware programs use filenames of usual, non-malware programs. If we have included information about sw.exe that is inaccurate, we would greatly appreciate your help by leaving a comment with the correct information below and we’ll do our best to correct it.
You should verify the accuracy of information we provided about sw.exe.
I have SW.exe on my computer.
I have followed directions to remove it (example:
(symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-061111-5712-99&tabid=3).
Only 2 of the 4 appear in my registry.
I can not find \SSConfig\ = \SW.exe\ in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
I can not find \SW\ in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware
I have deleted
\SW\ in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetEnum
I have deleted
\
= \SW{B7EAFDC0-A680-11D0-96d8-00AA0051E51D}{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}\
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServiceskmixerEnum
BUT THEY HAVE BOTH RETURNED.
I can not find any of these files
C:Silent-Spy.cnt
C:Silent-Spy.hlp
C:Wlp.sys
C:Wlg.sys
C:SW.htm
C:SSS