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Lineage.HIT
Threat Level I
Damage II
Distribution I
Common name: Lineage.HIT
Technical name: W32/Lineage.HIT.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm
Effects: It obtains the passwords belonging to online games such as World of Warcraft or Lineage, downloads an update of itself and uses several techniques in order to make its detection more difficult. It spreads by making copies of itself in the system drives.
Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on: Jan. 31, 2008
Detection updated on: Feb. 1, 2008
In circulation? Yes
Proactive protection: Yes, using Antivirus Softwares
Brief Description
Lineage.HIT is a worm with characteristics of keylogger that is designed to obtain passwords belonging to online games such as World of Warcraft or Lineage.
Additionally, it downloads an update of itself from a certain website and uses several techniques in order to make its detection more difficult.
Lineage.HIT spreads by making copies of itself in the root directory of the system drives.
Visible Symptoms
Lineage.HIT is difficult to recognize, as it does not display any messages or warnings that indicate it has reached the computer.
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