Mal/Sality-Gen

Category: Viruses and SpywareProtection available since:25 Nov 2008 11:47:56 (GMT)
Type: Malicious behaviorLast Updated:11 Jun 2015 00:03:07 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Characteristics

  • Turns off anti virus applications
  • Drops more malware
  • Downloads code from the internet
  • Reduces system security

Affected Operating Systems

Windows

Please send any files detected as Mal/Sality-Gen to Sophos so that they can be analysed, and disinfection produced for them if appropriate.

It is also advisable to enable scanning for suspicious files and submit any files detected as Sus/Sality-A to Sophos for further analysis.

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