Trojan Horse Virus
How To Remove a Trojan Horse Virus
There are a lot of people that tend to get confused over the terms Trojan horse and virus. The term Trojan horse is not actually a virus. A computer virus is software that is used for malicious purposes and has the capability of replicating itself. The Trojan horse virus is a software package that is only capable of performing its functions once the person that is using the software has executed it.
On some occasions the Trojan horse virus actually disguises itself, as being a folder however in fact it is actually an .exe style of file. This software is very often used to trick people in to clicking on it and activating it. The term Trojan horse was originally used within Greek Mythology and this is where the word comes from.
Once the user has activated the file it will open in the background and it will open a sort of door that is able to transfer all the information from one computer onto another. The Trojan horse virus software is activated once someone executes it. The Trojan will often put a keylogger onto the computer. The keylogger software is able to record the strokes on the keyboard and it send the personal information such as passwords and usernames to a third party and they will then use this information for their own purposes.
A lot of people that get infected by the Trojan virus actually download the software program themselves but in some occasions it is downloaded stealthily onto their computer system. It is best to look for legitimate software companies as a lot of the companies that offer free downloads and even some of the paid once use malicious software that will steal all your details. It is surprising the amount of people that download the Trojans onto their computers unaware that it is a malicious program. A lot of these people do not find out until it is to late and the person behind the malicious software has already got enough information to benefit from it.
In order to prevent your computer getting Trojans it is very important to do a vast amount of research prior to downloading anything. The search engine google is one of the best places to get information on software, as they are one of the first places to make sure that it is safe and they will tell you if the software or even the website is malicious or not. It is very important to do research into programs prior to downloading them so that you are able avoid malicious software. If you are infected, trojan horse removal can be effective using a good antispyware program such as superantispyware.
