Trojan horse

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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Trojan horse
Usage: n.
Etymology: MIT
Derivation: Coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards

See Also: back door, virus, worm, phage, mockingbird


Trojan horse: n.

[coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards] A malicious security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign, such as a directory lister, archiver, game, or (in one notorious 1990 case on the Mac) a program to find and destroy viruses! See back door, virus, worm, phage, mockingbird.

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Sources

Source: Trojan horse, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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