Troj/Lineage-BP

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Lineage.pi
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	January 2006 (4.01)
Protection available since	1 December 2005 10:54:36 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

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

When first run Troj/Lineage-BP copies itself to <Windows>\rundll32.exe and creates the file <System>\rxdll.dll.

The following registry entry is created to run rundll32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rx
<Windows>\rundll32.exe

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