named after the Trojan horse used by the rescuers of Helen of Troy A Trojan is a computer program that disguises itself as a useful software application that is actually used to gain access to your computer
Trojan horse - Program that neither replicates or copies itself, but does damage or comprimises the security of the computer
A program that comes in secretly and quietly, but it carries a destructive payload Once you become infected by the worm or virus that that Trojan carries into your computer, it can be very difficult to repair the damage Trojans often carry programs that allow someone else to have total and complete access to your computer Trojans usually come attached to another file, such as a avi, or exe, or even a jpg Many people do not see full file extensions, so what may appear as games zip in reality could be games zip exe Once the person opens up this file, the Trojan goes to work, many times destroying the computer's funcionability Scary, eh? You can read more about this here, on our Trojans, Viruses, and Worms reference page Your best line of defense is to NEVER accept files from someone you don't know, and if you have any doubts, then do NOT open the file Get and use a virus detection program, such as Inoculate and keep it updated regularly
One who shows the pluck, endurance, determined energy, or the like, attributed to the defenders of Troy; used chiefly or only in the phrase like a Trojan; as, he endured the pain like a Trojan; he studies like a Trojan
Software that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the users knowledge or consent
It "is a piece of unauthorized code hidden within a legitimate program (101) " Trojans can carry viruses and other programs that may damage your computer once you run the program that the trojan is hidden in Trojan horses may be either simple batch files or code containing redirected escape sequences intercepted by the ANSI SYS driver
an object orbiting in the Lagrange points of another (larger) object This name derives from a generalization of the names of two of the largest asteroids in Jupiter's Lagrange points: 624 Hektor and 911 Agamemmnon Saturn's satellites are also sometimes called Trojans
An object orbiting in the Lagrange points of another (larger) object This name derives from a generalization of the names of some of the largest asteroids in Jupiter's Lagrange points Saturn's moons Helene, Calypso and Telesto are also sometimes called Trojans
This is a program or part of program code that performs destructive actions, i e depending on some conditions wipes out information on disks, hangs the system etc
A computer program which carries within itself a means to allow the program's creator access to the system using it A Trojan normally will not do any damage by itself
A Trojan (also called a Trojan horse) is a software program in which harmful or malicious code is contained within another (seemingly harmless) program When this program executes, the Trojan performs a specific set of actions, usually working toward the goal of allowing itself to persist on the target system Trojans can allow hackers to open backdoors on your system, giving them access to your files and even network connectivity