HackTool:Win32/CCProxy

There are many known and unknown threats facing healthy PCs today, and the only way to protect your system from malicious threats such as HackTool:Win32/CCProxy is to invest in a powerful and genuine security application. First released on April 16, 2011, this harmful threat infiltrates the PC unbeknownst to the user. This threat is used as a hacktool for remote hackers to gain access to your system, and use it as part of DoS attacks, among other nefarious purposes. It will also make all your personal details available to them, such as financial info and usernames and passwords.

What makes it even more difficult to detect and destroy HackTool:Win32/CCProxy is the fact that it has no discernible symptoms associated with it, as it performs all of its actions in the system background. The only clue the user will have as to the presence of HackTool:Win32/CCProxy on the system will come from warning messages from his security software.

HackTool:Win32/CCProxy is installed on the PC through an .exe file called CCProxy.exe. It has the ability manipulate the way the Internet is used on the infected PC, and can also act as a web filter and bandwidth controller, enabling remote dialup. The following folders are used and created during the HackTool:Win32/CCProxy setup:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CCProxy
C:\CCProxy\web
C:\CCProxy\Log
C:\CCProxy\Language
C:\CCProxy

The presence of these files on the system will also act as a clear indication of the presence of HackTool:Win32/CCProxy on the system:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\CCProxy\CCProxy.lnk
C:\CCProxy\web\proxyadmin.php
C:\CCProxy\web\cn_accadd.htm
Among others

This HackTool:Win32/CCProxy has been detected by other security software under various different names, but the fact remains that it is a harmful infection and in order to restore your PC’s security, you have to permanently destroy HackTool:Win32/CCProxy.