Trojan Horses: Different Types (4 of 4)
- Posted by editor on May 30th, 2008 filed in Information, Trojan Horse
by mheo soriano
FTP Trojans
FTP Trojans opens up an FTP server on your PC and may be used to store and serve illegal programs/ softwares or sensitive data. They may also let attackers connect to your machine by FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
Security software disablers
Security Software Disabler Trojans, are notorious in disabling your computer’s defense mechanisms such as anti-virus, firewall, some components and even prohibit the installations of other programs. Once your defenses are down, you will be more vulnerable to virus attacks.
This type of Trojan usually targets specific end-user software such as personal firewalls and some anti-virus. This is often used in mischievous net activities such as hacking.