How Does a Trojan Virus Work?
Trojan Viruses take their name from the lore of the Trojan Horse. A Trojan virus is computer malware that is disguised as something useful that encourages you to download or open the file or program which contains the malware. Once opened, the Trojan virus infects your computer. They are capable of downloading or containing “payload” applications that are other computer malware which can do harm. A Trojan Virus is not able to self-replicate like a computer virus, but rather relies on other malware or computer users to spread the infection. Trojan Virus Payloads Many Trojan Viruses are designed to allow a hacker to have remote access to your computer. Once you have a Trojan installed on your computer, potential operations that a hacker can perform are: – Using your machine to help conduct a Denial of Service attack against another website or service. – Stealing your personal information (banking, credit cards, passwords, etc) – Installing other computer malware – Deleting or modifying f
