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In article <Vq9uHB7w164w@underg.UUCP> max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray) writes:
>Viruses and trojan horses are not the same thing. Viruses spread by 
>infecting other programs. Trojan horses are programs that claim to do one 
>thing, but do something else, or something else in addition to what is 
>claimed, like play a game while deleting your system files for example. 

Many viruses are spread by Trojan horses though. For example, you pick
up a PD program which claims to be a game. You play the game and behind
your back it installs a virus. 

Its a Trojan horse because (from your words):

   "Trojan horses are programs that claim to do one 
        thing, but do something else, or something else in addition to what..."

    In this case the thing the trojan horse did was installed a virus.

Its a virus because (from your words):

     "Viruses spread by infecting other programs"

You could say that the Trojan horse is the "transport" for the virus. I
believe that is exactly what Dr. Srodawa was refering to. I don't think
anyone "intentionally" puts a virus on their own system, they are spread
by  trojan horse methods.



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