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No I believe you can get a Trojan horse by visiting an infected website as well as downloading items. I received one a few weeks ago but luckily my security software dealt with it efficiently. Always make sure your antivirus software is up to date and do security scans on a regular basis.

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Q: Do you have to install something to get a Trojan Horse or can you get one just by going on an infected website?
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You could get a Trojan by visiting an unsafe website, and downloading an infected file.


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Your computer is always disconnecting and putting a different password in then trying to connect again but you have got rid of the Trojan?

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