Trojan Horses

[HVNews]

Whether it be from the movies or from history class, one of the most well known stories is the Trojan War. In the story, a giant horse was created that looked innocent to the Trojans, but was in fact hiding Greek warriors who took the city of Troy while its residents were asleep. If we look at this in computer terms, a Trojan is designed in a similar manner. They are used to trick you into thinking you are installing a legitimate, and safe, application but you are in instead installing a piece of malware that will perform harmful actions on your computer without your permission or knowledge.

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