Hi Paul
 TC>> A trojan is a program that appears to do one thing but actually
 TC>> does another. A program called INSTALL.BAT that formats your C
 CC>> What you just described is a "Batch Bomb" not a virus dropper,
 PW> "Batch bomb"? The first sentence is fine, perfectly accurate. (Oh...
 PW> also the trojan might actually do what it's supposed to as well.)
Anything that has a .BAT on the end, and formats your
hard drive is a BATCH bomb.
 CC>> which I admit it is a trojan, but not a trojan virus that
 CC>> activates at a certain time and infects the hard drive and spreads.
 PW> There's no such thing as a "trojan virus" - they're fundamentally
 PW> different. Trojans don't spread on their own. Viruses do. (Also see top
 PW> paragraph.)
Sorry about that, I made mistake in my explaining, I was meant to
say a Trojan Virus Dropper which is correct.
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