Any experience with malware/virus seth.avazutracking.net?

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mildante

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Hello, I have got this pop up web page saying I might have won an iphone.. blah, blah, etc. It's in Czech. The address is http://weekly-gadget-winner.net/pro...d=OTc4OWF2|rgid=YXp1MTA5&coun=cz&prod=iphone5
I have googled "seth.avazutracking.net" and some links say it is a virus but all the sites mentioning how to remove it are highly suspicious so I am not sure what to do. I am running SuperAntispyware and Spybot and trying to clean the system.
Does any of you have any experience about this trojan? I did not find any discussion about it anywhere.

Running Win7 Pro 64-bit, Firefox 16.0.2
 
I would recommend:

1. Install and run ccleaner
2. Install and run malwarebytes (make sure to update definitions)
3. Download and run tdsskiller
 
Josephson_Junction said:
After doing what ewb302 has recommended, you could also use the winhelp2002 hosts file: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

Also, I could be wrong but I believe the effectiveness of Spybot S&D has dropped dramatically over the last few years, so it may not be worth having it installed.
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Spybot S&D just released a new version not long ago.

They are still updating detections and whatnot as well.

If for nothing else, I would still use it for the "immunization"
 
Thank you guys, I have done the 3 steps mentioned above and will see if that popup page appears again or not.
 
Instead of playing with the toys, reinstall windows to be sure your system is clean. Then use web pages only with scripts blocked and don't run programs from unknown sources. Also best to avoid using outlook for anything unless your e-mail provider has a good filtering system in place.

Following the above guidelines it's very unlikely to be infected again.
 
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