1. Trojan horse can inject themselves into other files or otherwise propagate themselves.
  2. Trojan horse is a software that is designed to be spread from one computer to another, often sent as an email attachment.
  3. Trojan horse refers to tricking someone into inviting an attacker into a securely protected area.
  4. Trojan horse is a malicious bit of attacking code or software that tricks users into running it willingly, by hiding behind a legitimate program.
  5. All of the above
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Option 2 : Trojan horse is a software that is designed to be spread from one computer to another, often sent as an email attachment.

The correct answer is Trojan horse is a software that is designed to be spread from one computer to another, often sent as an email attachment.

  • ​Trojan Horse:
    • ​A Trojan horse is a hidden piece of code.
    • Viruses enter a system secretly where the Trojan horse enters by deceiving a user. 
    • A user allows or invites a Trojan into the system, believing in it, but actually, the Trojan horse contains some malicious code to perform some malicious activity. 
    • Before a Trojan can attack, it must find a way to entice the victim to copy, download, and run it.
    • Trojan horse is not sent as an email attachment.
    • Since few people would knowingly run a malicious program, Trojan must disguise themselves as other programs that the victim believes to be harmless (such as games, utilities, or popular applications).

  • A computer virus is a type of malevolent code or program written to alter the way a computer operates and is designed to spread from one computer to another.
  • A virus is corporate by inserting or attaching itself to a lawful program or document that supports macros in order to execute its code.
  • In the procedure, a virus has the prospective to cause unannounced or damaging effects, such as harming the system software by corrupting or destroying data.
  • Common types of Computer Viruses are:
    • File Infecting Virus
    • Macro Virus
    • Trojan Horse
    • Browser Hijacker
    • Web Scripting Virus
    • Boot Sector Virus
    • Polymorphic Virus
    • Resident Virus
    • Multipartite Virus
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