What is swhk.dll?

swhk.dll is part of SmartWeb and developed by SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. according to the swhk.dll version information.

swhk.dll is digitally signed by SoftBrain Technologies Ltd..

swhk.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\smartweb\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected swhk.dll.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

34 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the swhk.dll file. That's a 60% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Adware.PriceGong.B
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
ALYac	Adware.PriceGong.B
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.PriceGong.a
AVG	Generic.5CE
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.PriceGong.C
BitDefender	Adware.PriceGong.B
Bkav	W32.HfsAdware.E6A6
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
Cyren	W32/Adware.QGXN-0912
DrWeb	Adware.Shopper.859
Emsisoft	Adware.PriceGong.B (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/PriceGong.C potentially unwanted
F-Secure	Adware.PriceGong.B
Fortinet	Riskware/PriceGong
GData	Adware.PriceGong.B
Jiangmin	AdWare/PriceGong.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004b4df61 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004b4df61 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.PriceGong.a
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.SmartWeb.A
McAfee	Generic PUP.x
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic PUP.x
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.PriceGong.B
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Shopper.dpncsr
nProtect	Adware.PriceGong.B
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.PriceGong/Variant
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.14
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R06AC0PDD15
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R06AC0PDD15
VBA32	AdWare.PriceGong
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	Adware.PriceGong.Win32.1

swhk.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove swhk.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the swhk.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that swhk.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate swhk.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the swhk.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate swhk.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\smartweb\swhk.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the swhk.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If swhk.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If swhk.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If swhk.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that swhk.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with swhk.dll. 35% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 23 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with swhk.dll.

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