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Malware.sality

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by gagosmaster, Sep 4, 2010.

  1. gagosmaster

    gagosmaster Well-Known Member

    anyone know how could I remove Malware.sality from a file without removing the file?
     
    gagosmaster, Sep 4, 2010
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    you cant. the file IS the malware. It's not like a virus that can attach to other files.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 4, 2010
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  3. doughboy

    doughboy Guest

    what the file extension and is it compressed..........
     
    doughboy, Sep 4, 2010
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  4. gagosmaster

    gagosmaster Well-Known Member

    because it is saying that Firefox.exe has a malware.sality
     
    gagosmaster, Sep 4, 2010
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  5. awesomebros

    awesomebros Well-Known Member

    Firefox is free.
     
    awesomebros, Sep 4, 2010
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    then you have a compromised version of firefox. Delete it and redownload. Assuming you're using a trustworthy antimalware program that is.
     
    Loonylion, Sep 4, 2010
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  7. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Hmm... perhaps this is what's causing your USB related problem as well?

    Here's a Yahoo! Answers querry on Malware.sality for you:

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eek:7QOcLW8T_QJ:uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index%3Fqid%3D20091028103112AAV8aW0+malware.sality&cd=1&hl=tl&ct=clnk&gl=ph

    Sad thing is according to most of the posts there the best course of action for you would be a full Hard Drive re-format :(
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Sep 4, 2010
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