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Troj/Lineage-O

Aliases
  • PWSteal.Lineage
  • PWS-Lineage.dll
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Delf.nd
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 7 June 2005 19:48:25 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

More Information

Troj/Lineage-O is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform that attempts to steal passwords associated with the game called "Lineage" and "Lineage II". Collected information is sent to a remote user via email.

Troj/Lineage-O may also attempt to download and execute files from the internet. Troj/Lineage-O is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform that attempts to steal passwords associated with the game called "Lineage" and "Lineage II".

Troj/Lineage-O will copy itself to the Windows system folder as explorer.exe.

Troj/Lineage-O will also create a DLL in the Windows system folder named htdll.dll (also detected as Troj/Lineage-O).

Troj/Lineage-O searches for the "Lineage","Lineage Windows Client" and "Lineage II" windows in attempt to initiate a keylogging routine. Collected information is sent to a remote user via email.

In order to run automatically each time a user logs on, Troj/Lineage-O sets the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
load
<Windows system folder>\explorer.exe

Troj/Lineage-O will attempt to disable a number of anti-virus and security related processes and windows, including:

EGHOST.EXE
MAILMON.EXE
KAVPFW.EXE
IPARMOR.EXE
RavMon.exe
ZoneAlarm

Troj/Lineage-O may also attempt to download and execute files from the internet.

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