PROXY.EXE

File Behavior

PROXY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
• Modifies the Windows Host File which could be used to stop you visiting specific web sites by redirecting you to alternative addresses without you knowing
• The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
• Adds a Link in the Start Menu
• Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
• Executes a Process
• Sends email using SMTP protocols

PROXY.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Created as a new Background Service on the machine
• Executed as a Process
• Created as a process on disk
• Victim of a Heap Based Buffer Overflow Exploit
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Terminated as a Process
• Copied to multiple locations on the system