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Once upon a time, there was a historical city on the beach of Turkey named Troy. It was located across the Aegean Sea from the Greek city-state of Sparta. When the king of Sparta listened to that his wife, the beautiful Helen, had been abducted by a prince of Troy, he called on the other Greek city-states to help him get her back. His call was answered. A thousand Greek ships set sail for Troy.
The city of Troy was safeguarded by a high wall built around the city. Some parts of the wall were 20 feet high! There were gates in the wall to let people in and out but it delivered great defence for the people of Troy. It gave the Trojan warriors a relatively safe place to stand, while they rained arrows down on the people below, who were trying to smash into the city.
At the time of this story, Greek soldiers had been trying to break the wall around Troy for about ten years. The Greeks could not find a way in, and the Trojans did not seem able to drive the Greeks away.
Things looked pretty hopeless until Odysseus, a famous ancient Greek general, thought of a trick. It was the tradition back then to leave a peace offering behind to admit defeat. Odysseus indicated the Greeks build a huge, heavy, beautiful wooden horse, and leave it outside the gates of Troy. Then, the entire Greek army would bluff to leave, as if they were headed for home. But it was a trick. The horse would be hollow. Thirty men would be hiding inside. The very best Greek artists got busy carving the giant wooden horse, adding great detail, because everything in the Greek world had to be as beautiful as possible.
When it was done, the Greek warriors deluded to sail away, leaving the horse behind. The people of Troy rushed outside, clapping their victory! They dragged the heavy horse inside the city gates and put it on collection, which is just what the Greek general thought they would do - gloat.
That night, while the Trojan people were sleeping, the men hiding inside the wooden horse climbed out and unlocked the gates. The waiting Greek army entered Troy. That was the end of Troy.
Yes, this virus also works similarly, it comes in our mail or phone in beautiful shape, but we do not know that our enemy is sitting inside it, which will rewrite with our computer and can be harmful to us. That's why the name of this virus is Trojan Horse
HOW TROJANS HORSES SPREAD
Cybercriminals employ social engineer to spread Trojans. Victims are tricked into clicking on malicious email attachments, which look harmless. On execution, the Trojan executes itself. Drive-by downloads are another popular way of spreading Trojans. In the drive-by download method, the Trojan program automatically gets downloaded onto the device/ computer without the victim granting approval for the download. In many cases, the victim never becomes aware of the presence of the Trojan. Trojans can spread to other devices that are part of the same network.
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