Trojan horse (computing)
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trojan-horse-computing-186-18725464
title:
Trojan horse (computing)
text:
In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program. The term is derived from the ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy. Trojans are generally spread by some form of social engineering. For example, where a user is duped into executing an email attachment disguised to appear innocuous, or by clicking on a fake advertisement on social media or anywhere else. Although thei
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Type of malware
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_(computing)
date created:
2001-09-28T02:09:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T09:42:07Z
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