Should I remove LinkSwift?

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1.0.0	100.00%

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Remove LinkSwift 1.0.0 by Yontoo Technology

LinkSwift is an malware web browser extension designed to take control of the user's browser in order to redirect web searches and inject advertising. In Internet Explorer the program run as a Browser Helper Object. The add-in performs a number of behaviors that will hijack advertising on non-associated web sites as well as inject its own advertising in the form of contextual link ads, banner ads, popups and pop-overs including the hijacking of known ad serving sites. This malware is typically bundled with various third party unwanted applications as well as through web browser exploits. Although the program comes packaged with an uninstaller and is listed in the Windows Add/Remove Programs, fully removing this could be very difficult and an anti-malware product might be required.

It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The main program executable is updateLinkSwift.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 982.25 KB (1,005,823 bytes).

Displayed publisher: LinkSwift

URL: linkswift.co/support

Help link: mailto:[email protected]

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\LinkSwift

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\LinkSwift\LinkSwiftuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 982.25 KB

updateLinkSwift.exe
Memory:	16.43 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0000525655%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00002742%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00002515%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	34,549	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	33 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	6 Bytes	105.02 KB average

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program LinkSwift 1.0.0, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove LinkSwift.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 50% Win Vista 0%

HOW IT RUNS Windows Service? Yes (Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 81% Keep it 19%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	49.20%
Brazil	4.52%
Canada	3.99%
United Kingdom	3.99%
Italy	3.72%
Saudi Arabia	3.46%
Australia	3.19%
France	2.66%
Israel	1.86%
Germany	1.60%
Russia	1.33%
IQ	1.33%
Czech Republic	1.33%
India	1.06%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.

Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com

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