what does trojan do to my computer

hi killatae, for want of a better explanation: you go to a casino, sex, or music site and download some pictures, or music, or drop a few dollars, next a legitimate pop-up appears and asks you if you want to sign a digital certificate to download some material, once you say yes to the request an active x component has been placed in your computer with some kind of phone home program... keylogger, remote access program, virus,worm, trojan horse loader.......(.exe, .dll, .pif, .com, .scr, .jpg, .gif, .bat, etc,etc,etc.....) and you've lost possession of your computer! your machine is now the property of Tom, Dick, and a hundred thousand Harry's who are ready and primed to use your computer and a hundred thousand others without your knowlege and or approval, for some useless criminal activity which they call FUN... Have a good life, all the best and cheers, murve

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get zone alarm and stop trojans from phoning home. http://www.zonelabs.com the free version is all you need, just allow the things you want to access the net, and stop the unwanted.

The trojan allows the maker to do just about anything they want with your computer. When they take control your computer is called a bot, since it is now their robot. All passwords, data, system settings, just about anything you can think of can be changed or monitored. Each keystoke you do can be captured. Your sound, screen functions, mouse, you name it can be altered. They can completely control your computer. Using your computer and all the others they have captured they can do a denial of service attack on a server. Gibson Research has a very informative article on the attack done to Steve Gibson's site by a teenage boy. If you think you have one and you do not know what to do get back immediately for additional help and solutions. Take care!

:S Aren't trojans for protection?

how do I remove this virus. please help!