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"Trojan Horse" does not refer to a specific computer virus, rather it refers to a particular characteristic of some computer malware. A Trojan Horse or Trojan is a bit of software that masquerades as legitimate software but contains hidden malware. It takes its name from the Greek tale from the Trojan War where the Greeks left a big wooden horse outside the gates of Troy with a bunch of Greek soldiers hidden inside. Just like the Greeks used their "Trojan Horse" to trick the Trojans into bringing them inside their defenses, Trojan malware tries to trick users into bringing the malware inside their computer defenses where it can then do its dirty work - such as (but not limited to) data theft, installing backdoors, turning the user's computer into a zombie in a botnet, trashing the computer. Since "Trojan Horse" only refers to a characteristic and not a specific virus, it is impossible to assign an actual date or perpetrator to it.
It should also be understood that a Trojan is not really a virus. A virus replicates itself without user intervention, whereas a Trojan relies on tricking a user into downloading it.
According to a survey conducted by BitDefender from January to June 2009, "Trojan-type malware is on the rise, accounting for 83-percent of the global malware detected in the world".
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How Trojan hourse virus was spread?
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.
How did a Trojan horse virus get created?
At the time of the Personal Computer development, in the 1980s, the Bulletin Boards were created, where various users would connect via a telephone modem. Also, the early Personal Computers did not have a Hard Drive, they booted up from a regular diskette, which was sometimes infected with the Trojan Horse virus.
Who invented the Trojan horse virus?
John Walker
Why are some computer viruses called Trojan horses?
A trojan horse is a type of malware that can deal damage to your data and your computer, and not really a "virus". Trojan horses get their name from the works of Homer that describes of the military strategy used against the Trojans in the Trojan War. The Greeks used a wooden horse filled with a small contingency of troops inside as a "gift". Once inside, the hidden troops will infiltrate and attack from the inside.
Trojan horse metaphor meaning?
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.
What is c5zedo?
A trojan horse (a computer virus).
How does a Trojan Horse virus get into a computer?
theres a computer chip
What Trojan does?
a trojan is a horse or computer virus that looks like a good thing but is not. a trojan is just and old horse.
What is a Trojan horse virus for your computer?
A virus that hides in a file that, when you run it, infects your computer.
What computer virus attaches itself to another computer program?
Attach to emails files programmes etc
What are the types of Trojan horse virus?
There aren't types of Trojan Horse virus. A Trojan Horse is a type of virus.
What are the species of computer viruses?
The types of computer viruses are the virus, the worm and the Trojan horse.
What is the Trojan horse for in computer terminology?
The trajan horse is used to allow the virus to evade detection and enter the computer.
Can Trojan horse virus attack the computer system without network?
It depends if the trojan horse was inside before networking was disabled.
How do you make a Trojan virus through java?
'you need a Trojan horse to create a Trojan virus' LOL , Trojan Horse itself is a Virus !
Can you do an upgrade if your computer has a virus?
well it depends on what virus it has like a weak virus then yes but a big virus like a Trojan horse then no.
How Trojan hourse virus was spread?
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.
