About “Worm.Sality.3.Gen” infection

The Worm.Sality.3.Gen 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 Worm.Sality.3.Gen virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Creates RWX memory
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Expresses interest in specific running processes
• Installs a browser addon or extension
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Attempts to modify desktop wallpaper
• Code injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Crashed cuckoomon during analysis. Report this error to the Github repo.
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task by a long amount of time.
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Creates a hidden or system file
• Operates on local firewall’s policies and settings
• Attempts to disable UAC
• Attempts to modify or disable Security Center warnings
• Attempts to block SafeBoot use by removing registry keys
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed

How to determine Worm.Sality.3.Gen?

File Info:
crc32: 9E3E54B2md5: bbdbb93f8c8dcdf31825fae163939179name: BBDBB93F8C8DCDF31825FAE163939179.mlwsha1: ee643d20b12215225377e339e5a63f44404f71d6sha256: 33402f712e4ccbc2edbd26376389194e92893413c52a470cc184533c2ebd7e91sha512: 6cce4d34ad46e4b559663bd5f656addbd2c5ef4e14dd2ee50efb201462b5e0283b6b31ffc05df1cedbe4402a95cb733293d1bb9af02d83386db6ee22fb1a0f80ssdeep: 1536:684rYNmHjUVsW1Du5TQ0184xWtTEoON30H2RxFaSQD1bWMixICqpGrcEeDQyJK2:OssQtul1r+TBHnD1ba6GcEqs+9type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Worm.Sality.3.Gen also known as:

How to remove Worm.Sality.3.Gen?

• 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.