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Troj/Lineage-MO

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 October 2005 00:39:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Lineage-MO is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Lineage-MO is installed it creates the file <System>\winme32.dll.

The file winme32.dll is registered as a COM object and ShellExecute hook, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\(32A43994-9CDC-4633-A2F4-3152097D404D)

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks
(32A43994-9CDC-4633-A2F4-3152097D404D)

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