Troj/Lineage-U

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Replace the Hosts file from a backup or edit it in Notepad to remove the changes that the Trojan has made.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
RF
<Windows>\EC.exe

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

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

When first run Troj/Lineage-U copies itself to <Windows>\ec.exe and creates the file <System>\ed.dll.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
RF
<Windows>\EC.exe

Troj/Lineage-U includes functionality to silently download, install and run new software.

Troj/Lineage-U modifies the HOSTS file, changing the URL-to-IP mappings for selected websites, therefore preventing normal access to these sites. The new HOSTS file will typically contain the following:

127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.kasperksy-labs.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-eu1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.avp.ru
127.0.0.1 updates3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us22.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us2l.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-eu2l.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 windowsupdate.microsoft.com