- Trojan Horse Program
- A computer program that looks like something interesting, like a game, but contains another program designed to damage your computer software.
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Trojan Horse Program
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Trojan horse — Tro‧jan horse [ˌtrəʊdʒn ˈhɔːs ǁ ˌtroʊdʒn ˈhɔːrs] noun [countable usually singular] 1. something that looks attractive but that is intended to deceive: • The bank s CEO described Japanese investments in the UK as a Trojan horse, destroying… … Financial and business terms
Trojan horse — noun a) (Greek legend) a hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks gained access to Ilium or Troy. Worse than what could be observed about the program was the fear that it might be a Trojan horse program apparently innocent, but carrying a string… … Wiktionary
Trojan horse — Tro jan horse , n. [from the incident described in Homer s Iliad.] 1. (Classical mythology) a large hollow wooden horse built by Greek soldiers besieging Troy during the Trojan War, and left as a gift when they pretended to abandon their seige.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trojan horse — noun count someone or something that seems good or helpful to a person or organization but whose real purpose is to harm or destroy them a. COMPUTING a program that seems useful but is designed to be harmful, for example by destroying information … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Trojan horse (computing) — Beast, a Windows based backdoor Trojan horse A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is software that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install, but (perhaps in addition to the expected function) steals information or harms… … Wikipedia
Trojan Horse (disambiguation) — The Trojan Horse, from Greek mythology, was a giant hollow horse containing Greek soldiers, used to overtake the city of Troy during the Trojan War.It has since become a metaphor for any person or thing that appears innocent or benign, but… … Wikipedia
Trojan horse — 1. Class. Myth. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and… … Universalium
trojan horse — A trojan horse is a program within another program, usually on a mainframe or a computer running a BBS. The original program looks innocent, but when run it will trigger the trojan horse, which will usually try to gain access to the mainframe… … Dictionary of telecommunications
trojan horse — noun a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse • Syn: ↑trojan • Hypernyms: ↑malevolent program … Useful english dictionary
Trojan horse — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Trojan horse : singular Trojan horse plural Trojan horses a) someone or something that seems good or helpful to a person or organization but whose real purpose is to harm or destroy them b) computing a program… … English dictionary
