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CONTAMINE VIRUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Trojan horses are often used as a means of infecting an unsuspecting user with a virus. If a legitimate program becomes infected with a virus, it becomes a Trojan horse and if a user executes it in the belief that he is executing a bonafide copy, his computer will become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les Chevaux de Troie servent souvent à infecter un utilisateur peu méfiant. Si un programme normal est contaminé par un virus, il devient lui-même un Cheval de Troie et si un utilisateur l'exécute en pensant exécuter une copie correcte, son ordinateur sera infecté.

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