Troj/Proxy-HT

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Trojan
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/Proxy-HT is a proxy Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Proxy-HT runs continuously in the background, providing a proxy server which allows remote users to access the web via the infected computer, thus obscuring their own addresses.

When first run Troj/Proxy-HT copies itself to <Windows>\svchost.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run svchost.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Firewall
svchost.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows Firewall
svchost.exe

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