Posted 29 January 2013 - 11:34 AM

Unfortunately it has come to light that the program ComboFix had a file in it that is infected with the Sality virus. The minute we heard about this, we pulled the executable so that it is no longer available from BleepingComputer.com. Unfortunately we have no control over other sites that may have mirrored ComboFix without permission, so please do not attempt to download it elsewhere.The developer, sUBs, is currently looking into what happened and when I have a full update, I will be sure to let you know. From the limited information that I have, it appears that the affected version has been available since approximately 2am EST on January 29th, but it may have been earlier. If this timeframe changes, I will update this topic to let you know. If you have used ComboFix in the last day or so, then you should examine your system for possible infection. If you have used a copy of ComboFix prior to this version, then you should be ok.SHA256 Hashes of known affected versions are:



4524611a78ddd40afa7e13238da230302786c546d1f824e6e7dea480a5d55333

e5341c3c32a9726a2d3dd1ac0b90f13d896581ab8707dd0a17431df061a2a71d

4524611a78ddd40afa7e13238da230302786c546d1f824e6e7dea480a5d55333

e95f77fd437b16312fbd66a02fed8b179968a7615c1bd3cd3b2fd86879b4bbc8

In the meantime, it is important for those who may have used ComboFix recently and are concerned they are infected to get the help they need. As the Sality infection has been around for a while, almost all antivirus vendors will have detected it and blocked it when you ran ComboFix. Unfortunately, not everyone has up-to-date virus definitions or uses an AV program, so it is important to examine your system if you have used CF since 2am EST.



The steps we suggest you take to make sure your computer is not infected are:

All of these tools should be able to detect and remove Sality from your computer. Sality is also able to spread through mapped network drives and shares. If you share any folders on your network, you should perform the above steps on those computers as well.If you need help with any of these steps, or would like us to check your computer, please feel free to ask us in the forums. You can either post in the Am I infected? forum or create a virus removal assistance topic in the Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Logs forum using steps.We are here to help you, so please do not hesitate to ask.I sincerely apologize for any issues this may have caused and assure you that we will do our utmost to help anyone who may have been affected by this situation.Lawrence AbramsBleepingComputer.com





Edited by Grinler, 11 February 2013 - 02:17 PM.

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