Troj/Lineage-Z

Aliases	Trojan-PSW.Win32.Lineage.eb PWS-Lineage.dll trojan TROJ_LINEAGE.CT Trojan.Spy.Lineage-13 PWSteal.Lineage
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	August 2005 (3.96)
Protection available since	7 July 2005 01:08:40 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Lineage-Z 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-Z copies itself to <Windows>\_svchost_.exe and creates the file <Windows>\_msvc_.dll.

The following registry entries are created to run _svchost_.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
_System_Run
<Windows>\_svchost_.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe <Windows>\_svchost_.exe

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