Posted on December 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 am by ssisdolly and
A Trojan horse program comes with a hidden surprise intended by the programmer but unexpected by the user. Trojan horses are often designed to cause damage or do something malicious to a system, but are disguised as something useful. Unlike viruses, Trojan horses don’t make copies of themselves. Like viruses, they can cause significant damage to a computer.
Resource:
“viruspre.pdf (application/pdf Object).” 2 Dec 2008
<http://xys.ccert.edu.cn/reference/Worms/viruspre.pdf>.
“What is a Trojan Horse Virus?.” 2 Dec 2008
<http://www.tech-faq.com/trojan-horse-virus.shtml>.
“What is Trojan horse? – A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary.” 2 Dec 2008 <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/Trojan_horse.html>.
“What’s a Trojan Horse virus?.” 2 Dec 2008
<http://antivirus.about.com/b/2006/05/31/whats-a-trojan-horse-virus.htm>.