I have a couple TROJAN questions

Question

1

can a trojan itself do nay harm to your computer or is it strictly the payload it delivers that does the damage?

#2

can a program which packs a trojan be a legit one that was just coupled with a bug by a hacker or something?

example, lets say i unknowingly got ccleaner (just an example) from a corrupt site, could a hacker or something pack a legit program like ccleaner with a trojan or virus, or are all the programs that deliver them malicious?

Answer 1

For a malicious program to accomplish its goals, it must be able to do so without being shut down, or deleted by the user or administrator of the computer it's running on. Concealment can also help get the malware installed in the first place. By disguising a malicious program as something innocuous or desirable, users may be tempted to install it without knowing what it does. This is the technique of the Trojan horse or trojan.

Answer 2

sounds like aliens have something to do with this, wrap your computer in tinfoil and you'll be good to go.

Answer 3

I added below an article which will answer all of your questions about trojans.

Answer 4

Hi, yeah a trojan can do loads of harm for example it may open up ports that allow a hacker complete control to do whatever he or she likes for example open your cdrom tray, delete files, etc.

Thats the reason they call it a trojan horse cause for example the Greeks hid their soldiers and destroyed Troy with the help of their horse which is what the trojan horse is named after and its effects r similar to the Windows OS.

Yes a hacker can pack a trojan with a program if that program is pirated and u r getting it from an illegal site.

Windows Vista is better at security though and if u use it then make sure u run as standard user and have user account control enabled and then u will be safe :)

In order to remove the trojan first disable system restore

Download AVG Anti virus

http://free.grisoft.com

or visit

http://onecare.live.com

Run Microsoft's free safety scanner and let it fix the machine.

Take care!

Answer 5

1st Answer: Yes...There are dfiferent kinds of trojan it really depends on it..And the worst thing is that some trojan can auto rebooting..

2nd Answer I DONT KNOW

Answer 6

1. Yes - but there many types of Trojans

2. Yes - corrupt site or site which have been hacked can give smitfraud, a rogue program, spyware or viruses, if you look at limewire, hackers can pack a legit program with Trojan & viruses.

are all the programs that deliver them malicious? why do they do it ?

Answer 7

use avira antiviurs  

Answer 8

download AVG it is very good virus scanner and work automatically on your computer and remove trozon horse which is very bad virus scanner

Install and Run ONE Antivirus Program

--AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://www.grisoft.com/

--Avast Anti-Virus Home Edition http://www.avast.com/

--Avira Anti-Virus http://www.free-av.com/

if you want other virus scanner to remove anti spyware then download this

Install and Run Anti-Spyware

--Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.h...

--Spyware Terminator http://www.spywareterminator.com/...

--AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/

if you have problem with AVG try this

nstall and Run System Optimization tool

--Ccleaner (Strongly Recommended) http://www.ccleaner.com/

--Advanced WindowsCare http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscare...

--Glary Utilities http://www.glaryutilities.co