"TROJAN" QUESTION
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From: BrianInNY on 21 Mar 2010 13:08 Quick question regarding an infected PC with a cable-download connection. Once infected with a "trojan" virus, must the infected PC be actively connected to the internet (via Explorer or AOL) for the invader to obtain information, or is the fact that the PC is simply booted up and "on" enough to be at risk? Thanks ~~ Brian. Only answers from those who know, please. And please, no posts asking how many groups to which the same question has been posted. We all know who the group troll is. We all know the 19 hours a day you spend shackled to your computer desk is your only human contact. And we know know that the "reprimanding" you do online is revenge for countless school episodes of having your milk money taken and being pantsed in front of the girls' gym. Do yourself a favor and spend at least an hour away from the glare of that computer screen. You must be as pale as a ghost. Take my advice. Before you know it, you'll be brushing your teeth on a regular basis and dating women. Well....maybe not dating women...but you get the idea. Stop worrying if someone poses the same question in more than one group. We're just regular people looking for answers.
From: FromTheRafters on 21 Mar 2010 13:45 "BrianInNY" <bjn3115(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:8930a018-40eb-429a-9f4c-35489f9f3d6a(a)f8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > Quick question regarding an infected PC with a cable-download > connection. Once infected with a "trojan" virus, There's no such thing as a trojan virus (it's a misnomer as far as classifications go). If you are creating a trojan, and you add the ability for it to self-replicate, it becomes a virus and is no longer treated as (or termed) a trojan. > must the infected PC > be actively connected to the internet (via Explorer or AOL) for the > invader to obtain information, A spyware trojan can "gather" information even when you are not "connected" - but for someone to "obtain" that gathered information, some kind of connection (or physical access) must be made. > or is the fact that the PC is simply booted up and "on" enough to be > at risk? Just *on* is sufficient in some cases. Even before fully booted, some kinds of malware can "communicate" via networking. > Thanks ~~ Brian. Only > answers from those who know, please. Oh, sure, *now* you tell me. You could have put this at the top and saved us both a lot of time. [...] P.S. Don't shout, you'll wake the baby.
From: David H. Lipman on 21 Mar 2010 13:47 From: "BrianInNY" <bjn3115(a)aol.com> | Quick question regarding an infected PC with a cable-download | connection. Once infected with a "trojan" virus, must the infected PC | be actively connected to the internet (via Explorer or AOL) for the | invader to obtain information, or is the fact that the PC is simply | booted up and "on" enough to be at risk? Thanks ~~ Brian. Only | answers from those who know, please. < garbage snipped > Either it is a trojan or a virus, it rarely is both. Albeit I have seen IRCbots infected with the Parite in Zapchests. In that case it is a virus infected trojan not a "trojan virus". What you ask all depends on the type of trojan. If you are connected to the Internet a data stealer or password stealer will exfiltrate your data as soon as it can. Explorer and AOL have nothing to do with it. The malware will have its own means to exfiltarte like its own FTP engine or HTTP post w/o using a Browser. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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