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Details of Virus Lineage.KGN

All details, description and effects of Lineage.KGN

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Common names: Lineage.KGN
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Type: WORM
Size: 167936 Bytes
   

DETECTIONS

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Date first seen: December 3, 2008 at 12:47 PM
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Brief Description

Lineage.KGN is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.

 

It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:

  • It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.

 

Lineage.KGN does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking users intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

 

EFFECTS

The main objective of Lineage.KGN is to spread and affect other computers.

 

It avoids being detected by the user by using the following techniques:
  • It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.

 

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