ESET: Co-ordinated efforts by various law enforcement agencies across the globe have resulted in the Avalanche network being shut down, which for several years has offered several botnet operators extra protection against domain blacklisting and blacklisting.
ESET advises them users to check their computers through the free tool ESET Online Scanner to determine if they have been infected by any of the botnets who used the network. The tool removes harmful content that it finds on the system for free.
Avalanche is a network known as fast-flow or constantly changing, and consists of malicious hosts that act as proxy servers.
This technique makes it difficult for its experts better safetyto map the attack infrastructure and identify the real command & control server.
ESET has a long history of enhancing worldwide law enforcement efforts against malware, including the Dorkbot botnet case - which has infected thousands of computers each week - as well as Windigo, which stole personal data and redirected the web traffic to malicious content.
More information about the Avalanche network in the article at Welivesecurity.com «Avalanche Takedown: Check if you're safe. "
