Hi Rick
 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.
 RC> No, it isn't.  Your description of a Trojan is a valid description
 RC> for _any_ TSR, or even _any_ program sitting on a hard drive.
 RC> Trojans don't "sit on your computer and wait to be activated".  A
 RC> "Trojan" is a piece of malware that does two things - one thing known
 RC> to the user, and is the reason the user runs the software in the
 RC> first place, and the second unknown to the user.  Note the Trojan
 RC> _must_ do both things:  If it's advertised as a chess program, it
 RC> _will_ actually play chess, all the while doing whatever else it does
 RC> behind your back.  If it's a program that is supposed to play chess
 RC> but does nothing more than trash your hard drive it _isn't_ a Trojan,
 RC> it's just a piece of malware that trashes your hard drive.
There are so many version of the word trojan, the way
that I look at is like levels, you got what you call
"Malware" which consists of Batch bombs or programs
that just trash your hard drive, and you have the more
advance programs that are meant to be doing what they
are meant too do and still trash your hard drive, like
your example of chess.
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