Infamous for stealing account information related to the online game Lineage, the TSPY_LINEAGE family evolves with the threat landscape making it one of the most prevalent spyware to date. Read an article about the latest trend this spyware family is putting out: TSPY_LINEAGE Levels Up.
This spyware arrives on a system as a dropped file. It may also be downloaded from the Internet.
It steals user names and passwords used in the online game Lineage. It does the said routine by logging keystrokes. All gathered information are stored in a text file and sent to a predetermined email address using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine.
On Windows 98 and ME, it moves legitimate files from its original location to the root folder.