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Posted by rico on July 1, 2005, 10:20 pm
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Thank you for your answer. I may have worded my question >what is a trojan
horse< badly. Instead I should have asked >what effect has a trojan horse
on the target area where it has been introduced?<
Thanks.
>
> | The host of my guestbook "Wondbook" notified me via e-mail of a new
> entry.
> | Upon klicking on the provided URL to read this entry, Norton Anti Virus
> | popped up informing me: that a virus had been deposited with the name
>>> downloader.Trojan< in my C:Document and Setting\Local
>>> Settings/sploit2.anr
> | Norton further stated that it could not destroy of quarantine it.
> | I have three questions for the experts: What is a trojan horse, can I
> | continue to use my e-mail, and how do I get rid of it?
> | Thanks for any help.
> |
>
> Your AV most likely blocked it and that's why "it could not destroy of
> quarantine it ".
>
> As for a Trojan Horse. Think about its traditional sense. It was a gift
> to an enemy were
> troops were hiding inside and when the enemy was lulled into a false sense
> of security,
> those troops inside the "gift" were now within the bounds of the enemies
> encampment and
> attacked the enemy.
>
> Malware works in a similar fashion.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
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