awvvsts.dll is part of a group of files put on your computer by a variant of the Vurtumond/Vundo Trojan virus this is a very common Trojan I have had it on my pc and i had NOD32 anti virus running on my PC and i still got infected. It is one of the hardest to remove you will have to do a lot of steps to get rid of it. You might have to scan and clean your pc several times to get rid of this because if you do not delete all the vundo files when you reboot it spreads again. It took me 5 hours of scanning and cleaning to get rid of it from my PC.
Virtumonde/Vundo Removel Guide From http://www.virtumonde.net/
"The first thing we will do is take your computer back in time to when you were not infected. Hit the windows Start button and select “All Programs” > Accessories > System Tools > System restore. Start the restore process. Choose a date when you KNOW you were not infected. If you just noticed you started having popups last week then go back 2 weeks. I would always go back an extra week. This will not fully remove the virus but undo damage done. You will not loose any pictures or documents but any software installed after the restore date you choose will be uninstalled along with some of the vundo traces. Your computer will auto reboot during the restore process.
Once your computer re-boots log back in and wait till you see a box saying something like “System Restore Complete”. Re-boot your computer and enter into safe mode by pressing the F8 key on boot-up. Keep pressing the F8 Key until you see the DOS like screen and then select “Safe Mode with Networking”. If windows boots normal and you do not see the afore mentioned screen then re-boot and try the F8 thing again. When asked if you would like to continue or do a system restore just select YES to continue. Make sure you log in under your normal account User name.
We are now ready to download and install the following programs. Just click the links below to download the programs.
Vundo fix
Spyware Doctor
Spybot Search&Destroy
(I also used
Trojan Remover Simply Software very good)
Save all three in a location were you will remember like the desktop. Go ahead and install Spyware Doctor first. Make sure you update the program. Spyware Doctor may try and run after you update the program. Spyware Doctor has a free 30 day trial but it will not remove anything until you purchase the program. If you want you can just purchase the program and then run the scan and be done with this guide. Your other choice is to stop the auto scan after you update the program. We will still be using this program regardless at the end of this guide to ensure you are vundo free. The reason we need it right now is so it will block vundo from working while we use other methods to clean the system. We will also be running the free scan at the end so you know you are vundo free.
Now install Spybot Search and Destroy. Follow the on screen install instructions. Do what it says. When asked to make a registry backup say yes, when asked to update say yes, when asked to immunize say yes. DO NOT run the scan yet.
Once installed reboot into "safe mode" NOT safe mode with networking.
Run Vundofix.exe FIRST!!!! Just double click the file and then select "Scan for vuno". If any traces are found only then can you select "Remove Vundo". If not all traces could be removed then allow the program to run on re-boot. Remember you MUST BE IN SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING!!!. If Spybot Tea timer or spyware doctor asks you if you want to allow the registry changes select YES to allow the change.
Run Spybot S&D. Just double click the Spybot icon or launch the program from "All Programs" The scan should take about 30 minutes and if it finds anything select them all and remove them. If it says it could not remove all traces then allow the program to run on boot-up.
Now run Spyware doctor. The scan is 100% free but to remove anything else it would cost money. The purpose of using Spyware doctor is because it is the best on the market and if you have any traces left over that program will find it. If it finds nothing then YHEAAAAAA!!! you are now Vundo free baby. If it just finds cookies and it will!!! Then there is no need to but the program to remove Vundo as it is already removed.
Do a little clean up. If you purchase Spyware doctor you will want to un-install Spybot as it is not needed and will only slow your computer down. Also you may still need to change your home page back to normal. Surf the web a bit and see that you have no more pop-ups. Your home page may still be changed when you first launch IE or Firefox. If that is the case just go to "Tool" > Options and change your home page to your favourite site.
Be sure and go to
http://www.java.com/en/ to download the latest Java program as the old one has holes that might allow Vundo in."
