Trojan Horse Virus

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How can I protect myself from viruses and Trojan horse programs?

Trojan Horse Virus

Anti-virus internet security software isn't very good at detecting Trojan horse programs, so for the sake of your information security be extremely careful about opening binary files and Word/Excel documents from unknown or 'dubious' sources. This includes posts in binary newsgroups, downloads from web/ftp sites that aren't well-known or don't have a good reputation, and executable files unexpectedly received as attachments to E-mail or during an on-line chat session.

   

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