AmigaActive (400/1947)

From:Matt Sealey
Date:6 Apr 2001 at 00:14:43
Subject:Re: Is muimaster020 safe?

Hello Simon

On 05-Apr-01, you wrote:

>> Wouldn't that be the defining aspect of a Trojan? :)
>
> Well my virus checker didn't pick anything up.

Why would it? It doesn't know about it yet.

> So what exactly would a Trojan do?

Sit on your system acting like the program normally would, but
secretly doing something else.

So, in the case of datatypes.library - decoding datatypes and
mailing your Miami preferences files across the internet.

Thanks



Matt Sealey <matt@kittycat.co.uk>
Website http://www.kittycat.co.uk

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