Hi Todd
 CC->Well my understanding of a virus and a trojan is that,
 ->a trojan sits on your computer and waits for a certain
 ->time and date and then it activates it self and infects
 ->your files, and a virus is when it keeps on infecting
 ->files when you activate a program or reboot the computer.
 CC->"please correct me if I'm wrong"
 TC> A trojan is a program that appears to do one thing but actually does
 TC> another. A program called INSTALL.BAT that formats your C drive would
 TC> be a trojan. Tojans are non replicating. It does not have to "sit on
 TC> your computer". This would tend to be a virus.
What you just described is a "Batch Bomb" not a virus dropper,
which I admit it is a trojan, but not a trojan virus that activates
at a certain time and infects the hard drive and spreads.
I think there are all sort of Trojans, and it just depends
on which way you look at it ether it is a batch bomb or a
Virus dispenser.
 TC> A virus infects other programs (intentionally) and those infected
 TC> programs, in turn, do the same.
A bit like the Borg :)
Thanks for your help !!
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