Adware.LinkSwift
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| Ranking: | 8,342 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 14,831 |
| First Seen: | September 12, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | July 17, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.LinkSwift is an adware application that is known for displaying several coupon and online shopping deals. The Adware.LinkSwift ads will display at random sometimes offering outrageous deals. When clicked on, many of the Adware.LinkSwift ads will redirect users to unwanted sites or ones attempting to make other offers on shopping sites. Some of the Adware.LinkSwift ad links are viewed as being sponsored by other well-known sites like Google, Facebook and amazon. Removal of Adware.LinkSwift is an essential step to putting a stop to annoying ads and popups that may be displayed on a system infected with adware.
Table of Contents
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Adware.LinkSwift
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | updateLinkSwift.exe | dc4d31a8bab280a535376b7c44c81cd0 | 2,405 |
| 2. | updater.exe | 0b9c8589c0bcdd8ac33e177ef4f44a96 | 122 |
| 3. | {25d71abf-7776-46f5-a269-9951331f9030}t.sys | a8e2fe9a28a55db99f21a7fbe6a072a0 | 65 |
| 4. | {25d71abf-7776-46f5-a269-9951331f9030}Gw.sys | 96100423c810c537ff3658ec42420999 | 32 |
| 5. | LinkSwiftBHO.dll | 76f15760742c5f266c591c76897e7804 | 18 |
| 6. | LinkSwift.Common.dll | 2fe4fff249d0bb8b53c93c5025fdbe86 | 10 |
| 7. | {25d71abf-7776-46f5-a269-9951331f9030}w64.sys | daa52b7a4b7420baa97d6c8845eea1fc | 8 |
| 8. | {25d71abf-7776-46f5-a269-9951331f9030}Gw64.sys | aea0d1ab9b4f603c803f046ed558c752 | 2 |
Registry Details
Directories
Adware.LinkSwift may create the following directory or directories:
| %PROGRAMFILES%\LinkSwift |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\LinkSwift |
| %TEMP%\LinkSwift |
URLs
Adware.LinkSwift may call the following URLs:
| LinkSwift |
