Swat It

Swat It is a compact tool designed to scan your files and detect the ones that are infected with trojans. You can also use it for detecting bot programs that create connections to the Internet without your knowledge and consent.

Before starting to analyze the program’s features lets state an important fact: Swat It does not provide protection against all types of viruses and does not include a component that scans all the files you download or access. You should only use it as an addition to an antivirus.

The program has a simple interface which is easy to use by all user categories. The main window provides quick access to the scanner, the process viewer and the configuration parameters.

In order to detect the trojans and bots on your computer, you just need to select the folder that looks suspicious and start the scan. Unfortunately, it does not offer the option to select all the drive partitions in order to scan the entire hard drive with one pass.

The process viewer is a simple tool that provides access to the list of running processes and exports them to a text file in order to analyze them later. This could be a useful tool if it would export the file location as well, but it only saves the process name.

By default, the program is configured to scan certain file extensions but it also allows you to specify other file types. Although the program does not provide on-access scanning, you have the option to launch it at the computer startup.

During our tests, the program required insignificant resources and had no impact on the computer performance even during a complete hard drive scan. The main issue was the update server which was not available and the malware definitions could not be updated.

Swat It is a lightweight trojan remover but lacks important features that can prove to be crucial for your computer security. If you decide to use this tool, make sure that you also have an additional security solution installed on your system.