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Detection and Removal of Various Trojans
(2)
A Trojan, more properly a "Trojan horse" is a program that is
usually delivered under the guise of another innocent program. It may or may not
be malicious, damaging, compromising to security, annoying, or any number of
things. Often they can combine any or all of those attributes. They can be
carried by viruses, but it is important to realize that they are not in
themselves viral.
Viruses
can also be Trojans, but Trojans are not viruses.
Trojans do not replicate, ergo, they are not
viruses. If they did replicate they would be viruses!
By
definition a Trojan Horse does something other than it is advertised to. They
arrive looking like something harmless and without asking or informing you,
"drop" their "payload".
There
are literally hundreds of such Trojans, a good listing can be found at the
bottom of this page. There are other
types of Trojans, with functions ranging from randomly opening folders or moving
your mouse, to deleting random files or formatting your hard drives.
The best way to protect your computer from Trojans is not to do anything
likely to allow one on to your system. [Detail...]
Detection and Removal Instructions for Trojans
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