• mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk
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    9 months ago

    A trojan you have to install yourself (by accepting a malicious MDM profile) is not a trojan…

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      9 months ago

      That’s not true. A Trojan is a virus disguised as something else to trick your victim. Am I the only one that messed with their friends with ones like sub7 and stuff like 30 years ago? Lol

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          9 months ago

          No, they’re wrong. They were wrong as soon as they said a Trojan you have to install yourself, which is exactly how it works. It can’t work if you weren’t tricked into installing it. The Trojan doesn’t have to cause harm it’s called a Trojan based on the way it has to be deployed.

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      9 months ago

      Do you know how most viruses and Trojans work? Because I can guarantee they don’t just show up on your computer magically.

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      8 months ago

      I agree with your sentiment, but it’s still a Trojan.

      It just requires you to bypass all of the “do not do this unless you know what you’re doing” warnings to go through the very obviously risky process to be able to install the Trojan.