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Sality.AG | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Sality.AG |
| Technical name: | W32/Sality.AG.drp |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: |
It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT |
| First detected on: | July 21, 2008 |
| Detection updated on: | July 21, 2008 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Sality.AG is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. Sality.AG does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. |