What Is A Trojan?

In this post I will be answering what a Trojan is what it does and how to protect yourself from it. There above video will allow you to listen and read or do one or the other they are truly for your own entertainment and they will both get the message across.



What Is A Trojan? What do they do?
 A Trojan is a type of malware that is created to steal personal information from the person that has it. They were created for this exact purpose not to mention the fact they are the most common type of malware. They will search through the files on your computer and attach its self to one and hide its self so that you won't be able to delete it unless you are handy with computers. They will then leech off of the file along with other process' on the computer and take the information that it needs. The worst part is it can do this without you knowing that it is doing it and if it gets into a file that you use to save your bank information you are in serious trouble.

 How do I tell if I have one?
There are many signs that can range, but you will generally be able to tell by going into your task manager and seeing an unknown process or you will see an unusual slow down with your computer. These are the 2 most common ways to identify that your computer has been infected by malware. Other signs that could be too late is strange and unknown changes of your account information this is a bad sign. If they get access to your bank accounts, contact your bank immediately. If it was a credit card put a fraud alert on it, this way they have to show ID if using it. If an account such as your gmail account was hacked follow through the support that the website has to retrieve and try and contact customer support.

How Do I Remove A Trojan?
Well removing a Trojan can be tricky because you will generally have other forms of malware on your computer that can stop you from removing it. The best way is to download an antivirus program such as Avast! or run a scan with either of these two programs. Hitman pro and Malwarebytes if non of these will download then you are being blocked by another form of malware then get on another computer and download the Avg rescue disk and then either burn a disk or put it on a flash drive. This will remove any of the programs that are making it impossible to download an antivirus software.

How Do I Prevent An Infection?
There are many things you will need an antivirus program as i have said if it is free then role with Avast. If you are going to pay for an antivirus I recommend Bitdefender Total Security. You can also use a secure browser such as Google Chrome which from my own testing is the most secure browser at the moment followed by IE 10 and then Mozzila firefox. The last thing you can do is for your browser is get a tool such as Bitdefeder Traffic Light or avast web rep. This will tell you if a site is safe or not before you enter it.