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• thrw42A8N 2y ago
  Not what I'd consider a trojan, but I agree that it's bad - so alright, point taken. (In my dictionary, trojan allows remote control. Maybe I'm just old.)
  • cortesoft 2y ago
    In my dictionary, a trojan is any malicious software that is hidden inside useful software, no matter what it does.
  • cess11 2y ago
    Typically they do, the infrastructure is there with automatic updates and C&C-like abilities. The driver runs close to the kernel to be able to use hooks into files closing and so on, at least on MICROS~1 operating systems. Did the Crowdstrike thing earlier this year reach you? They sell a corporate version of this kind of trojan, and did a fuckup in an update, suddenly making a lot of people realise that someone else has control over their computers.
  • Hedepig 2y ago
    I read the original comment as hyperbole. But can see why it was confusing. Edit: that came out way more condescending than I intentended
  • _joel 2y ago
    I don't remember remote control being part of the Trojan Horse saga.