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Troj/Lineage-AH

Aliases
  • Trojan-PSW.Win32.Lineage.jj
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 August 2005 15:15:54 (GMT)
Last updated 1 September 2005 12:37:58 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Lineage-AH is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform that attempts to steal passwords associated with the game called "Lineage".

When Troj/Lineage-AH is installed it creates the file <System>\winhosts.dll.

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

HKCR\CLSID\(3B354F63-A696-424c-9E88-7F6BDFBA5CA5)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks\(3B354F63-A696-424c-9E88-7F6BDFBA5CA5)

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