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Old 11-30-2014, 06:06 PM   #1
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The Latest Adobe Flash Player?

I downloaded it 2 days ago and now am getting constant warnings from Norton that it has blocked : Trogan.Swifi. and vip_117(1)swf.

I read on Google that this is caused by the Adobe Flash Player... But it didn't say how to stop it.

Norton keeps removing the trogan..

Anyone had this problem?
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Old 11-30-2014, 06:41 PM   #2
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If you didn't download it from the official Adobe site, it may have been malware infected. Swifi usually infiltrates your PC via Flash player. Uninstall Adobe FP via control panel and run Malwarebytes to remove Swifi. Also could be a false positive though. This may help to remove it:

http://www.precisesecurity.com/trojan/trojanswifi

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Old 11-30-2014, 06:51 PM   #3
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If you didn't download it from the official Adobe site, it was probably malware infected. Uninstall it via control panel and run Malwarebytes.
It came as a notice on my computer like Adobe always does to the desktop. I will delete it and see. Thanks
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Old 11-30-2014, 06:54 PM   #4
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It came as a notice on my computer like Adobe always does to the desktop. I will delete it and see. Thanks
I edited my post above as you were replying. Check the link I provided.
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Old 11-30-2014, 08:02 PM   #5
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I edited my post above as you were replying. Check the link I provided.
Awesome--Thanks!

I have to decide if I want to keep Norton with the next week as my subscription is up. AVG looks good.
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Old 11-30-2014, 09:03 PM   #6
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I am at a loss of what to think here.. AVG finds nothing, meanwhile Norton continues to bring up the notification that it is blocking that Trojan, on certain websites.
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Old 11-30-2014, 09:36 PM   #7
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I turned of AFP. It was slowing my computer down to next to nothing.
I have not found any reason to use at all.
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Old 11-30-2014, 11:48 PM   #8
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I downloaded the version of Flash Player available about March. It totally wrecked my ability for playing saved or even streaming video. After loading it, all of my browsers sent a message that sites could not play some video because I did not have Flash Player installed. I un-installed, reinstalled, and did it all over again. I un-installed RealPlayer, and changed every setting I could think of. Nothing worked. I could not play any saved video with any of the players. I would get a message saying that I had missing software.

Worst thing. No video of races from Twinspires.

I think I may have tried System Restore. If I did, it didn't work (sorry can't remember). I finally found Adobe's archive of past flash players and installed version back to "11_7r700_269_win". See:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/...-versions.html

Also, I found some freeware called "Any Video Converter" that could play my saved videos. It also converted videos to mp3. After that, Windows Media Play could handle it. I have no idea why it could play videos stand-alone, WMP and RealPlayer could not (I also tried changing so all videos defaulted to various players, and that did not work either.)

One issue is that outside of Chrome, websites constantly ask for more memory to run Flash.

I downloaded Flash directly from Adobe, so hopefully no malware. My only speculation is that maybe some browser or video player mucked with some system setting I don't know about to mess up competitors.

Good luck.

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Old 12-01-2014, 06:52 AM   #9
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I am at a loss of what to think here.. AVG finds nothing, meanwhile Norton continues to bring up the notification that it is blocking that Trojan, on certain websites.
Same problem here,ran malware bytes,found nothing I think I have it set that adobe automatically updates I didnt download from another source
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Old 12-01-2014, 08:31 AM   #10
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I also ran MS malicious software removal tool and MS safety scanner nothing
I noticed in my Norton log it has it quarantined/ removed
No issue this AM
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Old 12-01-2014, 09:20 AM   #11
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I also ran MS malicious software removal tool and MS safety scanner nothing
I noticed in my Norton log it has it quarantined/ removed
No issue this AM
I get this from my Norton log:
12/1/2014 9:02:13 AM,High,vip_117[1].swf (Trojan.Swifi) detected by Download Insight,Quarantined,Resolved - No Action Required,
c:\users\sr\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetca che\low\ie\8dx3uv15\vip_117[1].swf

i dont know what all that means but i see microsoft \ windows\ie
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Old 12-01-2014, 09:35 AM   #12
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I just checked the symantec site and see this post from an employee -

Symantec Security Response determined the Trojan.Swifi detection seen on vip_117.swf (MD5: 1C10326DB79BBA5BCCFD34582EC3BFBC) file is indeed a False Positive. The FP issue is RESOLVED.

So, update to the newest virus definitions and you should be good to go
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Old 12-01-2014, 09:39 AM   #13
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I just checked the symantec site and see this post from an employee -

Symantec Security Response determined the Trojan.Swifi detection seen on vip_117.swf (MD5: 1C10326DB79BBA5BCCFD34582EC3BFBC) file is indeed a False Positive. The FP issue is RESOLVED.

So, update to the newest virus definitions and you should be good to go
thanks for that info!
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Old 12-01-2014, 11:41 AM   #14
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I just checked the symantec site and see this post from an employee -

Symantec Security Response determined the Trojan.Swifi detection seen on vip_117.swf (MD5: 1C10326DB79BBA5BCCFD34582EC3BFBC) file is indeed a False Positive. The FP issue is RESOLVED.

So, update to the newest virus definitions and you should be good to go
Didn't help still getting the warning I see people in other forums are saying the same thing
I think I'll try contacting Norton help
Thnx again!
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Old 12-01-2014, 12:07 PM   #15
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Much thanks to all. I found a page Microsoft with a "FIX IT" button for Internet Explorer... Now Norton no longer finds this Trojan. I'm not certain if it's Norton or Internet Explorer. but the problem is resolved.... Finger crossed here.
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