Mal/Sality-E removal guide

The Mal/Sality-E is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

What Mal/Sality-E virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Expresses interest in specific running processes
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Operates on local firewall’s policies and settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Attempts to disable UAC
• Attempts to modify or disable Security Center warnings
• Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed

How to determine Mal/Sality-E?

File Info:
name: E2D85B4E5609DAFFDDF9.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f9066b73e736c606fb1b785bf30aecc2aca768d7fe2e07efd46ac62ea33f5958crc32: 28F8162Amd5: e2d85b4e5609daffddf918fc14b6fd57sha1: feef32b96f3ada3d5e35b68857591be0748b9be8sha256: f9066b73e736c606fb1b785bf30aecc2aca768d7fe2e07efd46ac62ea33f5958sha512: 42b3b7933f1b6bc78111c1713c4df21c19a8e3b917456fdaf062e1525aec6aaa6af063a23a4ccc61d4dcafec56a7621c8c6f5a35b13b1fe1d49d94fe286a41c3ssdeep: 3072:aQIfmRTXJC7+zwBQ3J/Xv/cVHio0aIUiZ+EQLOz9mpjPSpDhwjlvGekVVdQVSf/F:au2+V3JH/iCayYCmxawRvQVdQVy/Ftype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T14534021633C4C46AD8654B3046F3C7E27732BA1116601A6BBFA16F7F4CB1696EC21B4Bsha3_384: 7f24d352c081d9e27222b8aa162dec0d8b33615df1a5a2ec0acca16ecf98cd15f69bea06f5e21db283a536a4fe011079ep_bytes: 88c1c7c3bcf249d4e8c7010000f7ddd2timestamp: 2009-12-05 22:50:46
Version Info:
FileDescription: PhoXo InstallerFileVersion: 8.4.0.0LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) PhoXoProductName: PhoXoProductVersion: 8.4.0.0Translation: 0x0000 0x04e4

Mal/Sality-E also known as:

How to remove Mal/Sality-E?

• Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
• Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
• “Move to quarantine” all items.
• Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
• Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
• Restart your computer.