Trojan horse

A program or utility that falsely appears to be a useful program or utility, such as a screen saver. However, once installed, it performs a function in the background such as allowing other users to have access to your computer or sending information from your computer to other computers.

Also see: Backdoor, Security definitions, Virus, Worm

Index

Category:
Dictionary

Related Pages:
T - Definitions

Resolved

Were you able to locate the answer to your questions?

Home - Computer help - Contact - Dictionary - Links
Link to Computer Hope - Bookmark Computer Hope