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Published Nov 10, 2016 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

TrojanDropper:Win32/Sality!rfn

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Packed.Win32.Salpack.e (Kaspersky) W32/Sality.dr (McAfee) TROJ_SALITY.SM (Trend Micro)

Summary

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can steal your personal information and lower your PC security settings. 

It can be installed on your PC through network shares or infected removable drives, such as a USB flash drives.

See the Win32/Sality family description for more information.

Use the following free Microsoft software to detect and remove this threat:

You should also run a full scan. A full scan might find hidden malware.

Advanced troubleshooting

To restore your PC, you might need to download and run Windows Defender Offline.

Enable registry editor

This threat might prevent Registry Editor from running. To allow the Registry Editor to run, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start then Run and type cmd to run a command prompt.
  2. In the command prompt, type the following and press Enter:
    reg.exe add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
  3. Type exit.
Use cloud protection

Use cloud protection to help guard against the latest malware threats. It’s turned on by default for Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender for Windows 10. 

Go to All settings > Update & security > Windows Defender and make sure that your Cloud-based Protection settings is turned On.

Get more help

You can also see our advanced troubleshooting page for more help or search the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

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