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Trojan:Win32/Swif.E
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: ActnS/Swif.AS (CA) Exploit.SWF.Agent.cd (Kaspersky) Troj/SWFLdr-D (Sophos) Trojan.SWF.Dropper.Gen (BitDefender) SWF/Exploit.Agent.AQ (ESET)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Swif.E is a malicious SWF file obfuscator. In the wild it has been observed to be a wrapper for malicious Flash files, which are detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Swif.M.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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