Finding Win32.Sality sample for malware analysis purposes

Question

I wish to analyze the changes made by a virus like Win32.Sality. Where can I get the sample of this, or other similar, malware for testing?

dgarcia · Answer 1 · 2012-08-19 19:04:10Z

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Contagiodump blog and the spam folder are your best friends

answered Aug 19 '12 at 19:04

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Would be the first time ever that my spam folder contains malware. – Luc Aug 19 '12 at 19:25

@Luc Let me guess, gmail? ;) – Polynomial Aug 19 '12 at 19:59

@Polynomial Hotmail actually – Luc Aug 19 '12 at 22:25

vane · Answer 2 · 2012-08-30 20:42:26Z

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Offensive Computing has about 4,456,929 samples.

answered Aug 30 '12 at 20:42

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schroeder · Answer 3 · 2012-08-30 21:49:58Z

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answered Aug 30 '12 at 21:49

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h00j · Answer 4 · 2012-08-30 21:55:02Z

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answered Aug 30 '12 at 21:55

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pnp · Answer 5 · 2013-05-12 15:33:35Z

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virusshare.com is another great repository of malware samples, having a huge number of samples. A snapshot from the website's homepage:

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Access is by invitation only, so you will need to drop a mail to the site admin.

Another good resource that I know of- www.deependresearch.org

edited May 12 at 15:33

answered May 4 at 5:44

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