Hi Gordon
 CC> "please correct me if I'm wrong"
 GF> Your incorrect, a active virus ( as no program can activate it's
 GF> self and to wait for a time/date or..... the virus must be ACTIVE)
 GF> can wait for a triger event to excute its payload.  The triger can
 GF> be: the number of times it has repatriated, a date, or ????, it's
 GF> unlimited what a triger can be!
 GF> A torgen is like a ansi bomb.  A torgen is a program that says its
 GF> a spreadsheet and when you run it does something to your computer
 GF> like deltree y c:\ or uses its own code to format or overwrite
 GF> your harddisk.
I have a copy of VIRUS PRODUCTION KIT, which I found a copy
a long time ago on some bbs, anyway in that you can make up
Viruses that are trojans, so after a certain time and date
it activates the virus and then spreads it through you
computer.  So a trojan can be anything that sites and waits
for someone to activate it or by time and date.
Thanks for your help !!
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