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to: CURTIS CANNING
from: PAUL WALKER
date: 1997-02-13 18:01:00
subject: Warning

Hi Curtis,
 TC>> A trojan is a program that appears to do one thing but actually
 TC>> does another. A program called INSTALL.BAT that formats your C
 CC>> What you just described is a "Batch Bomb" not a virus dropper,
"Batch bomb"? The first sentence is fine, perfectly accurate. (Oh... also the
trojan might actually do what it's supposed to as well.)
 CC>> which I admit it is a trojan, but not a trojan virus that
 CC>> activates at a certain time and infects the hard drive and spreads.
There's no such thing as a "trojan virus" - they're fundamentally different.
Trojans don't spread on their own. Viruses do. (Also see top paragraph.)
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