Sophos

Troj/Lineag-AJK

Aliases
  • W32/PWStealer.gen1
  • Trojan-PSW.Win32.Nilage.bhr
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 February 2007 20:26:10 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Lineag-AJK is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lineag-AJK contains functionality to communicate with a remote server using HTTP.

When first run Troj/Lineag-AJK copies itself to <Windows>\Help\45ad9fca.exe and creates the following files:

<Windows>\Deleteme.bat
<Windows>\Help\45ad9fca.dll

The file 45ad9fca.dll is also detected as Troj/Lineag-AJK. The file Deleteme.bat is a non-malicious batch file left by the Trojan.

The file 45ad9fca.dll is registered as a COM object and ShellExecute hook, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\{79921D3F-7537-463E-9E38-CD503A8FA485}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
ShellExecuteHooks\79921D3F-7537-463E-9E38-CD503A8FA485

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