| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:virus 
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                                | gptkbp:abilities | downloads additional malware disables security software
 steals sensitive information
 joins infected machines to botnet
 spreads peer-to-peer
 
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                                | gptkbp:affects | gptkb:Windows_8 gptkb:Windows_10
 gptkb:Windows_7
 gptkb:Windows_Vista
 gptkb:Windows_XP
 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Sality 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:Win32/Sality 
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                                | gptkbp:commanded | peer-to-peer hardcoded IP addresses
 
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                                | gptkbp:detects | gptkb:Avast gptkb:Kaspersky
 gptkb:ESET
 gptkb:Bitdefender
 gptkb:Microsoft_Defender
 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | 2003 
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                                | gptkbp:infects | injects code into processes infects .exe and .scr files
 modifies registry
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | large-scale botnet activity in 2010s 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFeature | modular architecture self-updating
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableVariant | gptkb:Sality.AG gptkb:Sality.N
 Sality.AE
 
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                                | gptkbp:platform | gptkb:Windows 
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                                | gptkbp:removalDifficulty | difficult 
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                                | gptkbp:removes | gptkb:Microsoft_Safety_Scanner gptkb:ESET_Sality_Remover
 Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
 
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                                | gptkbp:riskFactor | high 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | gptkb:Win32/Sality 
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                                | gptkbp:spreadTo | removable drives network shares
 infecting executable files
 
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                                | gptkbp:target | personal computers corporate networks
 
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                                | gptkbp:uses | peer-to-peer communication polymorphic code
 rootkit techniques
 
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                                | gptkbp:usesMalware | gptkb:botnet file infector
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Sality 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | PE SALITY 
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