The Trojan Horse in Homer's Iliad was a large wooden horse left as a gift outside the barred gates of the city of Troy; soldiers were hidden inside the horse. The people of Troy saw it as a gift and took it inside their city, At night, the soldiers came out of the horse, opened the gate, and let the enemy army in to invade the city.
Similarly, a Trojan Horse or Trojan virus is a program or file (like a game) we might want on our computer. It is downloaded, installed and run. The program may do as expected, or not, but it will also embed itself as maleware doing things on the computer we would not want.
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" .
A Trojan Horse virus spreads through anyway possible, but the main way to get a Trojan horse is by downloading un-legitimate programs from the internet. What does a Black Trojan horse do: enters and exit's your computer undetected bringing in viruses from a unknown source.
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John Walker
It's an important metaphor for something that is not what it appears to be.
a wooden horse that some greeks made with wood
yes there was a Trojan Horse.
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" .
A Trojan Horse.
The Trojan horse was pulled into Troy, hence 'Trojan'.
There aren't types of Trojan Horse virus. A Trojan Horse is a type of virus.
The Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse was a very successful distraction to allow the Greeks to infiltrate the town of Troy. The Trojan Horse was used during the Trojan war.
The Trojan horse was made out of wood.
No city was named after the Trojan horse.
The Trojan Horse is a historical fiction novel.