{"id":228,"date":"2014-10-29T16:21:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2025-04-06T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:32:07","slug":"beware-trojan-festalco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/computer-safety\/beware-trojan-festalco\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the Trojan Festalco"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trojan
\nTrojan Horse is a malicious content or code that does not have the trait of replicating. There are so many variants of Trojans. (https:\/\/wafflebytes.com\/<\/a>) Most of them are in the form of executable files. On execution of these files, depending on the level of the malicious code, it can create a an impact by establishing a data theft and any other mode of harming the system.<\/p>\n

Why is it called a Trojan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a tale of Greek mythology, where a wooden horse tricked the Greeks who defended the city of Troy during the Trojan war, so as the name Trojan Horse<\/a>, this deploys its installation onto the computer and establishing its presence with so much importance to the user.<\/p>\n

Impacts of Trojan Horse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keylogging:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As it installs in your system, it incorporates a program called the keylogger<\/a>. The purpose of the keyloggers\u00a0is to track the entire activity of the user and further report the tracked activity log to the hacker.<\/p>\n

The user might be carrying out a heavy transaction over the internet, while doing this your debit or your credit card number, login credentials like username and password are overlooked and passed on to the hacker.<\/p>\n

Data Corruption:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trojan horses are coded and developed in such a way that they maliciously attack and ruin the victim’s computer.<\/p>\n

Personal data, most confidential data, financial information, business related information that are critical from the type and purpose of Trojan Horse attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It might never take a second thought to completely corrupt the entire data through a delicate touch on the victim’s operating system. This might cause a temporary malfunctioning or it might lead to a complete crash down of the system<\/p>\n

Trojan horses are created to create a malicious impact on the targeted victim’s property.<\/p>\n

Backdoor: <\/strong><\/p>\n

The most deleterious form of Trojan horse is the Backdoor, which installs a remote<\/a> level access program on the victim’s PC, and hence the name.<\/p>\n

The remote level access provided by the backdoor helps the hacker to make any changes and also take entire control of the user’s system without the knowledge of the victim.<\/p>\n

The intention of this type of hacking can be of any reason, it can be either for knowing about the financial data or personal information and sometimes harmful.<\/p>\n

Trojan.Festalco – A new type of Trojan :<\/strong><\/p>\n