What is a trojan horse?

The Trojan Horse features in the story of the Odysee written, supposedly, by homer the blind poet. The greek army, failing to take Troy, is almost at it's beaking piont. however Ulysses (odysius), devises a plan that includes this horse. the greek army build a huge hollow wooden horse, fill it with a few doxen men and leave at the trojan gate. the greeks ten board their ships and travel a short distance and hide their fleet. the horse is supposedly a gift to King Priam (Troy) form Agamenon (Greece) the horse gets take inside and during the night the men jump out and open they trojan gatesfor the whole of the greek army to rush in and take the city.

that is where the "trojan" compute name.

Answer

A destructive program that masquerades as a benign application. Unlike viruses, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves but they can be just as destructive. One of the most insidious types of Trojan horse is a program that claims to rid your computer of viruses but instead introduces viruses onto your computer.

The term comes from the a Greek story of the Trojan War, in which the Greeks give a giant wooden horse to their foes, the Trojans, ostensibly as a peace offering. But after the Trojans drag the horse inside their city walls, Greek soldiers sneak out of the horse's hollow belly and open the city gates, allowing their compatriots to pour in and capture Troy.

Trojan horses are broken down in classification based on how they breach systems and the damage they cause. The seven main types of Trojan horses are:

• Remote Access Trojans
• Data Sending Trojans
• Destructive Trojans
• Proxy Trojans
• FTP Trojans
• security software disabler Trojans
• denial-of-service attack (DoS) Trojans

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