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Effects
Lineage.LEK spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. It has damaging effects on the affected computer.
It avoids being detected by the user by using the following techniques:
- It modifies system permissions in order to hide itself.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
Means of transmission
Propagation via mapped drives:
Lineage.LEK checks if the infected computer is connected to a network.
If so, it makes an inventory of all mapped drives and creates a copy of itself in each of them.
Propagation through shared network resources:
Lineage.LEK checks if the infected computer is connected to a network. If so, it tries to spread to the shared network drives.
To do this, it tries to gain access to these shared drives, using typical or easily guessed passwords.
Further Details
Lineage.LEK has the following additional characteristics:
- It is 115016 bytes in size.