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Virus:Win32/Sality.gen
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Gen:Win32.Sality.Dam (BitDefender) W32/Sality!dam (McAfee) W32/Sality-AM (Sophos)
Summary
Virus:Win32/Sality.gen is a generic detection for members of the Win32/Sality virus family.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.