Troj/Lineage-AJ

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Lineage.kd PWS-Lineage
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	12 August 2005 10:29:52 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/Lineage-AJ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lineage-AJ includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Lineage-AJ copies itself to <Program Files>\explorer.exe and creates the following files:

C:\logo.dat, this is a clean file.
<System>\hzdll.dll is detected as Troj/Lineage-AJ.

The following registry entry is created to run explorer.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Loadab1
<Program Files>\explorer.exe

Troj/Lineage-AJ tries to disable various anti-virus and security applications, including:

RavMon.exe
RavMonClass
TfLockDownMain
ZoneAlarm
ZAFrameWnd
KAVPFW.EXE
IPARMOR.EXE
EGHOST.EXE
MAILMON.EXE

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