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A trojan is malware that misrepresents itself as something else (eg, user is tricked into willingly downloading and installing SuperFunGame.exe which is actuall
by tvon 17y ago
A trojan is malware that misrepresents itself as something else (eg, user is tricked into willingly downloading and installing SuperFunGame.exe which is actually malware), it has nothing to do with the result of running the malware (which may or may not be to allow 3rd party access to your system). As with the trojan horse, it's just a delivery mechanism for something else.
- tptacek 17y agoI might just be getting old, but I seem to remember virtually every virus being distributed as "SuperFunGame.exe" as well. My point, though, is that these terms are silly, and arguing over them dignifies an undeserving research field. So you win. ;)