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Published Aug 26, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Virus:Win32/Sality.gen!AT

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.Win32.Vilsel.amql (Kaspersky) W32/Spambot.gen.1126471 (Norman) Win32/Maazben!generic (CA) Win32/Sality.NBA (ESET) Virus.Win32.Sality (Ikarus) W32/Sality!inf (McAfee) Trojan.PSW.Win32.GameOL.udx (Rising AV) Troj/Salload-D (Sophos) TROJ_VILSEL.ZZ (Trend Micro)

Summary

Virus:Win32/Sality.gen!AT is a detection for a virus that spreads by infecting Windows executable files and by copying itself to removable and remote drives. It also terminates various security products, prevents certain Windows utilities from executing and attempts to download additional files from a predefined remote Web server.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

Additional remediation instructions for Virus:Win32/Sality.gen!AT:

This threat may make lasting changes to a computer’s configuration that are NOT restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following article/s:

Restoring your System Registry:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Back-up-the-registry
For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/

Resetting System Security Settings to default:

For Windows XP and Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222

Viewing hidden and/or system files:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Show-hidden-files
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Show-hidden-files
For Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/win_fcab_show_file_extensions.mspx?mfr=true

Stopping and starting Windows services:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-Administrative-Tools
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-Administrative-Tools
For Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sys_srv_start_service.mspx

Enabling Windows Firewall:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-Windows-Firewall-on-or-off
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-Windows-Firewall-on-or-off
For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283673

Enabling Windows Security Center/Action Center alerts:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-happened-to-Windows-Security-Center
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-Windows-Security-Center
For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889737

Correctly disabling Autorun in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953252
Using the system's recovery options:

For Windows XP: Installing and using the Recovery Console in Windows XP
For Windows Vista: System Recovery Options in Windows Vista
For Windows 7: System Recovery Options in Windows 7

For other support and help related articles, go to:

Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/windows7
Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173

Microsoft Security TechNet Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx