A Trojan horse virus, is a kind of malicious software that poses as an authentic, functional program to deceive you into installing it.
This trojan takes its name from the myth of the Trojan Horse, which the Greeks used to enter City of Troy undetected.
Trojan software typically infiltrates your system via phishing emails and other social engineering attacks. The Trojan can monitor your activities, keystrokes, and data once it has infected your device.
Due to their efficacy and versatility, Trojan horses are becoming a more and more common attack tactic used by hackers.
By gaining remote access to the device, a backdoor Trojan allows the hacker the ability to steal your personal information or install other software.
Using a pre-defined address, a DDoS Trojan is designed to launch a DoS assault from an infected computer.
Targeting devices that have already been compromised by malware, downloader Trojans proceed to download other software, such as ransomware.
Rootkit Trojans are very difficult to detect and remove because they conceal their identity and other harmful activity.
Banking Trojan is a type of malware that is mostly used to remotely install malicious software on a victim’s computer system in order to steal banking credentials.
False Antivirus Trojan deliberately pose as anti-virus software. In actuality, it is a type of ransomware that demands payment in exchange for the safe retrieval of data.
Mobile Trojans most frequently attack Android smartphones and tablets. The reason for this is that Android permits the installation of APK files from third party sources.
By monitoring your devices, apps, and programs—such as checking your starting programs, your device’s performance, and your programs and apps—you can identify a Trojan and remove it.
