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Proxy-Daemonize
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- -
- Discovery Date
- 09/30/2003
- Length
- 8,704 bytes
- Minimum DAT
- 4297 (10/08/2003)
- Updated DAT
- 5808 (11/20/2009)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 10/22/2003
- Description Modified
- 10/22/2003 11:00 AM (PT)
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Characteristics
This detection covers a potentially unwanted program, not a virus or trojan. Proxy-Daemonize is a Win32 console proxy application. Usage appears as follows:
Usage: svchostc [-d] [-l[[@]logfile]] [-i
-d close console (daemonize)
-l log to stderr
Example: svchostc -d -i127.0.0.1
The application purports to proxy TCP traffic from one IP address to another on a specified port. Testing of this application did not yield the expected result.
Symptoms
N/A This is not a virus or trojan.
Method of Infection
N/A
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.
Aliases
- Backdoor.Daemonize (Symantec)
- TrojanProxy.Win32.Daemonize (AVP)
Characteristics
Characteristics -
This detection covers a potentially unwanted program, not a virus or trojan. Proxy-Daemonize is a Win32 console proxy application. Usage appears as follows:
Usage: svchostc [-d] [-l[[@]logfile]] [-i
-d close console (daemonize)
-l log to stderr
Example: svchostc -d -i127.0.0.1
The application purports to proxy TCP traffic from one IP address to another on a specified port. Testing of this application did not yield the expected result.
Symptoms
Symptoms -
N/A This is not a virus or trojan.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
N/A
Removal -
Removal -
Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs
Variants
Variants -
N/A
