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Why are some computer viruses called Trojan Horse?/ !!

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some computer viruses are called a trojan horse because they can come in a form or something harmless, like a website or a email attachment

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Answer: A trojan horse is called like this because it’s something unsuspicious looking to get into other people’s computer, like the trojan horse was used to get into Troy. A virus is called like this because it infects other computers similarly like a biological virus.

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