What is swupdate.dll?

swupdate.dll is part of Shockwave and developed by Adobe Systems Inc. according to the swupdate.dll version information.

swupdate.dll's description is "Shockwave ActiveX Control"

swupdate.dll is usually located in the 'C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MACROM~1\SwUpdate\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected swupdate.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

37 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the swupdate.dll file. That's a 80% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Npkon
AntiVir	TR/WashingChamber
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	BackDoor.Generic12.BFKN
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.KD.8273
Commtouch	W32/MalwareS.RLU
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	Win32.HLLW.Autoruner.45793
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.KD.8273 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Chksyn.AB
F-Prot	W32/MalwareS.RLU
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.KD.8273
Fortinet	W32/FakeAV.AREX!tr.bdr
GData	Trojan.Generic.KD.8273
Ikarus	Trojan-Dropper.Agent
Jiangmin	Backdoor/Agent.cwir
K7AntiVirus	Riskware
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Agent.arex
Kingsoft	Win32.Hack.Agent.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Spyware.Passwords
McAfee	Generic BackDoor!crc
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic BackDoor!crc
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Ursap!rts
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.KD.8273
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Autoruner.beggma
Norman	Suspicious_Gen2.CDAZC
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Small.38912.GZ
Panda	Trj/Downloader.MDW
PCTools	Backdoor.Pestic
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.11E458D6
Sophos	Troj/FakeAV-BCG
Symantec	Backdoor.Pestic
TheHacker	Backdoor/Agent.arex
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.USEHJ21
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.USEHJ21
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.WashingChamber (fs)
ViRobot	Backdoor.Win32.Agent.38912.X

swupdate.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove swupdate.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the swupdate.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that swupdate.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 swupdate.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the swupdate.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 swupdate.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MACROM~1\SwUpdate\swupdate.dll

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If swupdate.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If swupdate.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If swupdate.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 swupdate.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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