What Are Trojan Viruses?
Commonly mistaken as a virus, a Trojan is a malicious program disguised as something else. It could contain a virus or worm, but it is not one. For a Trojan to be a virus, it would need to replicate. It is difficult to recognize a Trojan before it starts attacking your computer.
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Destructive Abilities
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Trojans are just as destructive as viruses and worms. Because they do not replicate, Trojans have the victims unknowingly send them to other people.
Getting a Trojan Horse
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The most common way of getting a Trojan is by opening an infected attachment to an email or downloading an infected file and launching the executable.
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Tips To Avoid Getting a Trojan
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Only download from trusted sites. Ask someone to verify his validity before opening attachments from an unknown person. There are also email Trojan hoaxes where people send email saying if you got a certain email, something will happen to your computer.
Removing a Trojan
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To remove one, virus-protection programs need to be installed. Most can also detect Trojans and prevent them from causing harm. Keep in mind no virus protection program is 100 percent effective at stopping all threats.
Types of Trojans
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The types of Trojans are remote access Trojans, keyloggers, password sending Trojans, destructive Trojans, denial of service attack Trojans, proxy/wingate Trojans, FTP Trojans and software detection killers. Each is dangerous and performs malicious actions in different ways.
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