Trojans are malware viruses which disguise themselves harmlessly as useful software and enter your computer. It can create great damage and play havoc with your computer to the extent of impairing your PC completely. There are various kinds of Trojan horse viruses and they include, remote access Trojans, password sending Trojans, key loggers and many more. One should approach Trojans cautiously to keep them at bay.

A Trojan or a Trojan horse as a term has been derived from Greek mythology. In modern day computer terminology, a Trojan is a malware virus which has the ability to subtly disguise itself, appearing harmlessly, but has the ability to make a computer completely inoperable.

Trojan horses disguise themselves as useful software in a computer without the user’s knowledge. Since they look harmless, a lot of inexperienced users simply download them from the Internet or download files, completely unaware of the consequences.

Trojans are segregated into two parts viz. server and client. The client disguises itself as useful software in file sharing networks or unauthorized download websites. From the moment the client is executed into the computer, the damage begins with the person using the server having complete control over your computer.

There are different types of Trojan horse viruses lurking around, waiting to hack into your system, destroy or steal valuable personal information from your PC. Some of them have been listed below:

    * Remote Access Trojans

Remote access Trojans are the most widespread Trojans which give absolute control to an attacker over the user’s computer and all his personal information.

    * Password sending Trojans

These Trojans copy all the cached passwords and even have the ability to search for other passwords. They sent out spam mails in the form of e-mails and e-mail attachments.

    * Key Loggers

This Trojan keeps track of every keystroke in a computer and then sends the log files to the attacker.

    *  Destructive Trojans

These Trojans destroy and delete files from the user’s computer.

    * Proxy/ Wingate Trojans

These Trojans convert the user’s computer into a Proxy server. This exposes your computer to the Internet through various unsafe mediums.

There are other Trojans like software detection killers and FTP Trojans. It is important and very necessary to shield your computer from these Trojans. The imperative advice to safeguard your computer is by remembering never to open any e-mail attachments or files from unknown senders. The best way is to install and update a good antivirus program on your computer.

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