Swag Bucks Toolbar

Swag Bucks Toolbar

Known Toolbar

by Swag Bucks

What is Swag Bucks Toolbar?

Swag Bucks Toolbar is software application developed by Swag Bucks. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.45% of installations running this operating system. Swag Bucks Toolbar's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 26 files. The most common release is 6.10.3.27 with 26.87% of all installations currently using this version.

Swag Bucks Toolbar is most popular in the United States with 92.82% of installations residing in this country.

Swag Bucks Toolbar adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Swag Bucks Toolbar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Swag Bucks Toolbar?

The Swag Bucks Toolbar is a Conduit Community toolbar designed for use with various web browsers. This toolbar gathers data on the web browsing activities of the user and transmits this data to Conduit for the purpose of suggesting services and generating targeted advertising. Upon installation, there is a possibility that the toolbar will alter the user's web browser's home page and search page, which will need to be manually changed back if the toolbar is uninstalled. Additionally, the toolbar may download and install updates without giving prior notice to the user. According to the OurToolbar End User License Agreement (EULA), "The Application may also collect and store information about your web browsing locally on your device. This locally saved information may interact with the Application and send us information about your web browsing so we can suggest services or provide you ads that may be more relevant to you."

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Swag Bucks Toolbar.

uninstall.exe (MD5: b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
tbSwag.dll (MD5: 895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Bkav FE HW32.Stranfom
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus Adware/Conduit
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Conduit.Y
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.299
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.Conduit!
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
tbSwa2.dll (MD5: e4cc410bd005958125cd87c5f6e66371) has been flagged by 4 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Bkav FE HW32.Stranact.yycu
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.B
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
prxtbSwa2.dll (MD5: 480994ae776f86dc885fd654665ebdfa) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.Conduit!
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.16
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
G Data Win32.Adware.Conduit.B
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect
prxtbSwa0.dll (MD5: c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Conduit (fs)
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.Conduit.BX
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Toolbar.Conduit.X
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Toolbar_Conduit
G Data Win32.Application.Conduit.F
Panda Antivirus PUP/Conduit.A
VIPRE Antivirus Conduit (fs)
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.Conduit!
Dr.Web Adware.Conduit.16
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.C534
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.ClientConnect

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Swag_BucksToolbarHelper.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\eTvOnline.ro\eTvOnline.roToolbarHelper.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{42CD7A24-AF4B-44A0-A119-1C6F9B6E2A90}' (runs on registration).
  • Swag_BucksToolbarHelper.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B8E8E278-F25D-478A-BAB2-24A5EDB01F6C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://swagbucks.ourtoolbar.com
Support:
https://swagbucks.ourtoolbar.com/help
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\swag_bucks
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Swag_Bucks\uninstall.exe toolbar
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

Swag Bucks Toolbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
tbSwag.dll
Name:
Swag Bucks Toolbar
Path:
C:\Program Files\swag_bucks\tbSwag.dll
MD5:
895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Swag Bucks Toolbar
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
b728fa6a309e5d18141947b95b730e95
EXE
5cf949316c40314d66b45f0bf00aa6f6
DLL
tbSwag.dll
Malware
895c4812245e244b2f81c71bad0c4e55
DLL
tbSwa2.dll
Malware
e4cc410bd005958125cd87c5f6e66371
DLL
480994ae776f86dc885fd654665ebdfa
DLL
c89d9c80fd468c6b51c4aadcc8463c2d
DLL
ce49528c9b0b3b3018ee2f70e76b362a
DLL
76b3946090c94bb38dbbca54ac8ff9f7
DLL
44b16fb2d8a860fdea6f4e5eeb7d59e1
DLL
58638f7f6dc22a74573604535b421f30