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What is a Trojan: A Trojan is a computer file that seeks to sneak into your computer or onto your website and allow certain unauthorized activity to take place on your computer or website. The Trojan file maybe received in an email, downloaded from a website, can be disguised as a picture or audio file sent during a chat or instant message conversation, or it can be obtained by using digital media from another person or computer system. Such as borrowing a homemade compact disk, floppy disk or thumb drives. Once the Trojan is installed (on you computer) it can caused many things to happen. Some are the destruction of data, the copying of data, and or the allowing of remote access to your computer via someone else on the Internet. The use of UPDATED anti virus and firewall programs can greatly reduce the risk of being victimized by a Trojan.

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