Hi Rick
 CC> Well my understanding of a virus and a trojan is that,
 CC> a trojan sits on your computer and waits for a certain
 CC> time and date and then it activates it self and infects
 CC> your files, and a virus is when it keeps on infecting
 CC> files when you activate a program or reboot the computer.
 CC> "please correct me if I'm wrong"
 RC> You're wrong.  What you describe _could_ be a trojan.  The essential
 RC> aspect of a "virus" is that it replicates.  The essential aspect of a
 RC> Trojan is that it does one thing openly (you know it does that thing)
 RC> but it does something else that is hidden from you, and that you
 RC> would _not_ want done if you knew about it.
So what about those viruses which activate at a certain time
and date eg( Friday The 13th ) and many other famous viruses
they are trojans and also they are viruses, and they aren't
keeping you busy with a game or something while infecting your
hard drive.
My understanding of something that keeps you busy on something
else while it infects or formats your hard drive is a Bomb of
some sort.  ( Still is a trojan but the wrong type, not a virus
dropper ).
 CC> Nothing is impossible, and if they do invent something
 CC> like that, the person who programed it will be very rich,
 CC> and it will change the virus industry and put the major
 CC> virus companys out of business.
 RC> Some things _are_ impossible.  You learn that with age.
With money, man power and research, I thing that 99% of possibilities
are possible.
 CC> Then people would have to resort to programming bombs, instead
 CC> of viruses.
 RC> They don't _have_ to resort to anything.
They are undetectible aren't they?
Thanks for your help !!
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