Sophos

Troj/Lineage-AB

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from September 2005 (3.97)
Protection available since 10 July 2005 14:31:15 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

More Information

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

When first run Troj/Lineage-AB copies itself to <Windows>\svhost32.exe and creates the file <System>\T1dll.dll. T1dll.dll is a harmless component DLL file.

The following registry entry is created to run svhost32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\
load =
<Windows>\svhost32.exe

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

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