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We have all heard the phrase Trojan, but what precisely is it?   A Trojan is a destructive computer program that masks itself as an innocuous application. Unlike computer viruses Trojans don't replicate themselves, but they may be even as destructive. Among the gravest examples of a Trojan horse is a computer program that promises to free your PC from viruses but alternatively introduces computer viruses into your PC. The Trojan horse may be dodgy. Who hasn’t been online and had an ad crop up stating to be able to free your PC of some awful virus?   Or, even more terrible, you get an e-mail that claims to be alerting you to a fresh computer virus that may jeopardize your PC. The sender promises to rapidly annihilate, or protect, your PC from viruses if you merely download their “free of charge”, attached software into your PC. You might be skeptical but the software looks licit and the company appears reputable.   You continue to take them up on their offer and down...