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
DLL
2744de8801adc8d1451bbdccfab053b1
DLL
e5f098605dc482e62780cd053cce2916
DLL
cc1561dfe141beb863fdc82501aaa649
DLL
2dfe3d09092a5accbee7782afdf07279
DLL
dafb7f294b50c1be5216f3e4fd8d78fa
DLL
2e07f4a8feffc7b52f46b66bb82c6618