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Published Jun 14, 2005 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Win32/Swen

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32.Swen (Symantec) Swen (F-secure) W32/Swen@mm (McAfee) Win32.Swen (CA)

Summary

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
 
Win32/Swen is a family of mass-mailing network worms that targets certain versions of Microsoft Windows. 
 
The worm spreads through email, newsgroups, writeable network shares, Internet relay chat channels, and peer-to-peer file-sharing programs. 

Use the following free Microsoft software to detect and remove this threat:

You should also run a full scan. A full scan might find hidden malware.

Get more help

You can also visit our advanced troubleshooting page or search the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

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