W32/Sality.gen

W32/Sality.gen is a computer virus that infects shared drives as well as Windows executable files. It infects Windows executable files by placing it\'s codec in order to host the files.W32/Sality.gen also has certain downloading abilities which may cause additional malware, trojans or viruses to be downloaded to your machine without your knowledge or your consent at any given moment upon infection.

W32/Sality.gen opens a backdoor on your computer system which will allow a remote attacker to gain full access to your computer as well as make use of this access for malicious purposes. They may be able to capture all your personal information as well as send this information to predetermined remote servers without your knowledge or consent, when you least expect it.

One of the alarming characteristics with regard to W32/Sality.gen is the factor that upon execution it actually starts a certain service which is able to listen on any random UDP port as well as create a copy of itself onto certain paths on Windows on your machine.

Basically W32/Sality.gen is extremely dangerous and may been seen as a very serious computer security concern for all computer users. This is why it is suggested that you remove W32/Sality.gen immediately upon detection no matter what the circumstances may be.W32/Sality.gen is too dangerous to take any chances with.