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RC> Not very good.  A Trojan need not have anything to do with a
virus,
CC> but it still can though ???  That is why I said
CC> Bombs OR Virus Dropper !!!! basically a trojan
CC> is anything that sites on your computer and
CC> waits to be activated.
No, it isn't.  Your description of a Trojan is a valid description
for _any_ TSR, or even _any_ program sitting on a hard drive. 
Trojans don't "sit on your computer and wait to be activated".  A
"Trojan" is a piece of malware that does two things - one thing known
to the user, and is the reason the user runs the software in the
first place, and the second unknown to the user.  Note the Trojan
_must_ do both things:  If it's advertised as a chess program, it
_will_ actually play chess, all the while doing whatever else it does
behind your back.  If it's a program that is supposed to play chess
but does nothing more than trash your hard drive it _isn't_ a Trojan,
it's just a piece of malware that trashes your hard drive.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 24 Feb 18:02 
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