What is a Trojan Horse and How Do You Get Rid of It?

Trojan Horse's are all over the internet just waiting to sneak past your computer's defenses. At one time or another your computer is likely to suffer the consequences of a Trojan attack.

Beware of the Greeks, even when they bear gifts is true today as it was thousands of years ago. Of course it isn't just Greeks who let these vile programs loose on the world but often they are disguised as something we want or would be interested in.

The moment you click on it, too late.

So what is a Trojan Horse virus anyway? For a start they aren't really a computer virus. Yes, they are nasty and need to be exterminated but they normally are not capable of copying themselves and then moving to other computers.

They are just nasty programs that can cause serious damage to your PC. They always disguise themselves, hence the name, as something they are not. By this trick they manage to get you to install them on your system, just a moment before you realize you shouldn't have clicked on it.

We all can fall foul of Trojans since it just takes a moments lack of judgment and a little click of the mouse to cause so much trouble.

One favorite method of infecting machines is to use file sharing programs. You think you are downloading something you want and it really is a Trojan.

So how do you get rid of a Trojan once they sneak into your computer?

It really depends on the actual malicious bit of code that has infected your machine. There are just so many different types that do different things that is impossible to have a general method of removing them.

The only solution for people who are not experienced in all the different types of Trojans and viruses is to download a specialist program that will clean your PC and remove all the dangerous software that has infected it.

Usually these PC maintenance software programs are automatic and you just click the button and they do their job. It is important to have a program that has accurate database of all the know Trojans and viruses so that it can detect and remove an that it finds on your machine.

One consolation is that once you suffer from a Trojan Horse you are much more careful when clicking on anything online.