Beware the Sality Virus!

We've been having some problems with malware infections lately, and the most recent bug we had is the Sality virus. It was infecting our Samba shared drive which was running in Ubuntu 10.04. The virus would've never been a problem at all if our client unit were running Ubuntu as well. But, working in an institution where most users are not familiar with any other Operating System, except for Microsoft Windows, then we may still be having problems. From what I've noticed, this virus has the ability to replicate itself. And for your to be able to completely eradicate it, you should be able to identify which client computer it came from, disconnect it from the network and run a full scan using any updated Anitvirus or AntiMalware software. I recommend using Malwarebytes or AVAST!. And also run full scans on other computers connected to your network.

One AVAST! auto search discovered the infection from a Google chrome update.

Anyway, click here for more details about the Sality virus.

Just a precaution.

Enjoy surfing.