Troj/Lineage-BN

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Lineage.lp TSPY_LINEAGE.LC
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
Included in our products from	February 2006 (4.02)
Protection available since	30 November 2005 06:39:18 (GMT)
Last updated	23 December 2005 21:22:50 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

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

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

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

HKCR\CLSID\(7B484C2F-AEE6-4e29-B894-EDEAA5DAF000)

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\ShellExecuteHooks\(7B484C2F-AEE6-4e29-B894-EDEAA5DAF000)

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