Getting rid of sality virus?

Question

About three days ago i tried to download a program, but then AVG told me it was a win32/sality virus. So i deleted the program i downloaded then ran a virus scan and it came up in it. I restarted the computer, re ran the virus scan and it was not there. Now today there was a pop up from AVG that said there was a sality virus in my computer. What do I do?

Answer 1

Do a full system scan, it will scan every single file, drives, the system memory, network and hard drives etc. on your computer, that should work.

Answer 2

Sometimes these type of virus make changes to your registry, that allows them to reload themselves from a back up.  I would run windows restore and go back to a restore point prior to having this problem.  (Maybe a day or two prior)

After the system reboots, you should do a full scan of all files.  This have fixed problems of this nature for me in the past.

Answer 3

Are you healing or moving it to the vault?

Delete all of your restore points as well.

Start > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup > Advanced > Delete Restore Points

Do a disk cleanup as well

Clean out all temp files, etc.

Run another scan - make sure to MOVE TO VAULT or HEAL.