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What is a Trojan Horse? "A Trojan Horse is a program that infects your computer and allows a hacker to take control of your machine behind your back. A trojan infection can allow total remote access to your computer by a third party." Unlike virus and worms, trojans do not replicate themselves so to get infected you must, one way or another, have downloaded the program onto your computer. This most commonly occurs when you download a program that pretends to be one thing while it is actually another. Hence the origin of the "Trojan" name. Many people believe they are protected from trojans by their virus scanners. Unfortunately most virus scanners have only limited trojan detection capabilities. If you want serious protection you should install a specialized anti-trojan program in addition to your anti-virus scanner. For more details on Trojan Horses please, click here
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