PC Full Of Bugs - Trojan Removal - Trojan Horse Protection

Trojan horses are impostors - files that claim to be something desirable but, in fact, are malicious. A very important distinction between Trojan Horse Programs and true viruses is that they do not replicate themselves.

Trojan horses contain malicious code that when triggered cause loss, or even theft, of data. For a Trojan horse to spread, you must invite these programs onto your computers; for example, by opening an email attachment or downloading and running a file from the Internet. Trojan.Vundo is a Trojan horse.

What is a Trojan Horse

A Trojan Horse is An unauthorised program contained within a legitimate program. This unauthorised program performs functions unknown by the user.

A Trojan Horse can be a legitimate program that has been altered by the placement of unauthorised code within it.

A Trojan Horse can be a program that appears to perform a desirable and necessary function but that functions unknown to the user.

Remote Access Trojans

• These trojans give the attacker complete access to the infected machine, giving them access to files, documents, folders, etc.

Password Sending Trojans

• These trojans find all cached passwords and then sends them to a specific mail address, without the user being aware.

• Passwords for e-mail, msn, online banking, or any other application or site that require a user to enter a login & password are sent back to the attackers e-mail address.

Remote Access Trojans

• These trojans record all keyboard keystrokes of the victims machine.

Remote Access Trojans

• These trojans give the attacker complete access to the infected machine, giving them access to files, documents, folders, etc.