PE_SALITY.AC

PE_SALITY.AC Description

PE_SALITY.AC is a virus that spreads to executable (AKA .exe) files on your computer and is classified as a high-level threat due to installing backdoor Trojan components that also include keylogging functions. Recent PE_SALITY.AC attacks have been found embedded in yet another backdoor Trojan, BKDR_RILER.SV, which is distributed in e-mail spam campaigns targeted at pro-Tibet activists.

SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that you learn to identify these hoaxes on sight, since they use readily-identifiable scams regarding an ‘Input Method’ for using Apple-brand products. These attacks also require certain versions of Microsoft Office or Open XML File Format Converter for exploitation before PE_SALITY.AC and BKDR_RILER.SV can be installed, and computers without any of these programs (or with versions that aren’t vulnerable) can be considered immune to this specific attack. Because PE_SALITY.AC and related PC threats use a relatively high level of sophistication, including code injection attacks, you should never try to find PE_SALITY.AC or delete PE_SALITY.AC without some help from trustworthy anti-malware software.

How PE_SALITY.AC Contaminates the Rest of Your Computer – and to What End

PE_SALITY.AC, like all viruses, infects other files instead of existing as a separate file on your hard drive. Although PE_SALITY.AC is limited to spreading to .exe file types, there aren’t many other restrictions on PE_SALITY.AC’s ability to proliferate, and PE_SALITY.AC may even infect basic system components, network-shared files or files on external devices. Also identified by aliases like Virus.Win32.Sality.k, W32/Sality.J, W32.HLLP.Sality!inf and W32/Sality.m, PE_SALITY.AC specializes in installing a second Sality-based PC threat, BKDR_SALITY.A, which attempts to compromise your computer’s security and launch attacks according to instructions that it requires from a Command & Control server. SpywareRemove.com malware experts particularly warn against BKDR_SALITY.A’s potential for recording keyboard input to steal passwords, credit card numbers and other types of sensitive data.

While PE_SALITY.AC can propagate through various methods, as noted above, the most recent incidents of PE_SALITY.AC attacks have ridden on the crest of a wave of spam e-mail messages. These e-mail scams attempt to offer fake instructions on how to use Apple-brand products for pro-Tibetan activists, but this offer is just an attempt to install PE_SALITY.AC and BKDR_RILER.SV. This is achieved through an exploit that’s specific to some versions of Microsoft Office and Open XML File Format Converter, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers strongly encourage you to keep these products updated to their latest versions to close all vulnerabilities that could be used to infect your PC with PE_SALITY.AC.

Shutting Down PE_SALITY.AC’s Gravity Train and Saving Your Executable Files

Because the latest PE_SALITY.AC attacks are especially noted to use multiple types of PC threats and because even PE_SALITY.AC, by itself, is capable of using advanced methods to infect other files and conceal its attacks, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts discourage any attempt to delete PE_SALITY.AC without some help from either anti-malware software or a PC security expert. If you’ve had any significant contact with file attachments that resemble the descriptions noted earlier, you should take appropriate measures and scan your PC, particularly since prolonged exposure to PE_SALITY.AC’s attacks can leave your computer in a high state of vulnerability.

Default behavior for PE_SALITY.AC and related PC threats includes piggyback-riding on other system processes to enable their attacks, and you shouldn’t expect to be able to detect PE_SALITY.AC or related Trojans as separate files. However, you may be able to notice discrepancies in RAM usage and other system resource expenditures as a telltale sign of infection by PE_SALITY.AC or similar PC threats that launch themselves automatically and conduct backdoor-related attacks.

PE_SALITY.AC Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system: