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What is the name of the virus that appears to be a legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords or destroy data?
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∙ 13y ago
The name it's given is called a Trojan virus taken from the Trojan war with worriors inside a giant wooden horse that was a given as a gift.
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Trojan
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∙ 13y agoThey have many names and come under the category rogueware /trojans
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∙ 8y agoThe name it's given is called a Trojan virus taken from the Trojan war with worriors inside a giant wooden horse that was a given as a gift.
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∙ 12y agoTrojan
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What was the name of the virus that appears to be a legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords or destroy data?
Trojan horse
What is the name of the virus that appears to be legitimate program but opened it can steal passwords and destroy data?
These are Trojans, i.e. programs that pretend being legitimate programs, but in fact are malicious. It is not a single program, but category of programs.
What is the name of the viruses that appears to be a legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords or destroy data?
Trojans are pieces of malware that are downloaded by the user because they believe it is a useful program, but cause harm instead.
What is the name of the virus that appears to be legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords or data?
Trojan
What is the virus that appears to be a legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords?
The virus you have in mind are called Trojans or backdoors.
What is the name of the virus that appers to be a legitimate program?
Do you mean the actual name of a virus or the classification of it? Well, for the latter, a virus that conceals itself or appears to be a legitimate program is called a Trojan.
What does the saying a Trojan horse mean?
A program that appears to be legitimate but is designed to have destructive effects, as to data residing in the computer onto which the program was loaded.
What is the name of the virus that appers to be a legitimate program but when opened it can steal passwords and it has a name?
there are too many to name but that is the most comman virus sorry if that doesnt help
A computer program that appears to have a useful functionbut also has hidden and potentiall malicious functions that evade security machanismssometimes by exploiting legitimate authorisations of syste?
Trojan Horse
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