What is a Trojan? A Trojan Horse is an unauthorized instruction contained within a program that performs functions unknown to (and probably unwanted by) the user. On a personal computer, trojans can be destructive to the system. Why the name 'Trojan Horse'? In the 12th century B.C., Greece declared war on the city of Troy. The dispute erupted when the prince of Troy abducted the queen of Sparta and declared that he wanted to make her his wife, which made the Greeks and especially the queen of Sparta quite furious. The Greeks gave chase and engaged Troy in a 10-year war, but unfortunately for them, all of their efforts went down the drain. Troy was simply too well fortified. In a last effort, the Greek army pretended to be retreating, leaving behind a huge wooden horse. The people of Troy saw the horse, and, thinking it was some kind of a present from the Greeks, pulled the horse into their city, without knowing that the finest soldiers of Greece were sitting inside it
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