I need help FAST with Win 32 Sality virus. This thing is messing my whole computer too fast.

Hello all
I have a nasty virus inside my PC, the Win32 Sality or Win32/Sality as recognized by AVG Free Edition which if you had a problelm with this fellow before reading this message you might know how hard is to get rid of it.

Here's how the virus acts if you hadn't encounter-it yet: The Sality threat spreads its code in most of the main installation Windows files,I think I got it even on my XP CD as it was in the drive when I runned an infected file whitout knowing that it was infected (hope this is just what I think) it also blocks Task Manager's Ctrl+Alt+Del combination and sends sensitive data to a certain mail adress.

I already tried some tools designed for it as it is a high risk threat and most antivirus software can't delete-it looks like it worked for a part of the files infected but it looks like its code still spreads. Tehnically most of my software is not working properly when I launch them instead of running normally they create a new copy of the virus.

Is there some way to remove-it manually? Or is there any software that will eventualy help me solve this situation? Many thanks to anyone who will answer this question.

Tags: delete, remove, sality, virus, win32, win32.sality

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Permalink Reply by Agent Popescu on April 28, 2009 at 6:46am: Hello again to all who replied to this video, I would like to say thanks to all for you're answers, but it looks like the only way I could fix it is by reformatting my Hard Drive. It lokks like the virus entered into my external drive too. hope i could fix it whitout reformatting that one as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michael Pirillo on October 19, 2009 at 4:29pm: I think the worst virus Ive had is, XP Antivirus. Well this Virus Program made my Internet connection not work, so I could not see online for support! bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2008-2009; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mikux on October 19, 2009 at 5:30pm: One of my old roommates, who was rather clueless when it came to virus protection, ran into this exact issue not so long ago. I wouldn't worry about it infecting your XP disc, but what I did find it to do was infect nearly every .DLL within System & System32.

You did the right thing in reformatting and doing a fresh install, even if you were to clean all the infected files from within safe mode, which is what I had attempted to do, for every 1 you're able to target and clean, about 6 or 7 more seem to become infected.

If you have an older machine in which you can afford to mess around with a bit, I'd look over your external on a secondary machine first, as there is a chance it has become infected.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by FrenchGuy on October 19, 2009 at 7:27pm: I know a virus that can erase almost everything in the computer making it impossible to fix except to reformat and reinstall all over.
2 solutions to avoid that = 1-An anti-virus with real-time protection 2-Making an image backup of your OS to an external HD.
If you are a serious gamer and want performance in your PC I suggest your skip the first step.; ▶ Reply to This