Terms: Trojan

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Every once in a while I will post about computer terms to better explain it!
Trojan: A trojan or a Trojan Horse is a program that looks friendly but is actually Malware in disguise. Trojan comes from a famous Greek Mythology about how the Greeks conquered the people of Troy by leaving a Horse as trophy to the Trojans for winning the battle. The Horse contained a small select group of Greek soldiers who opened the gates late at night while the Trojans slept and the entire Greek army destroyed the city.
Trojans are the trickest type of Malware that you wish to never deal with because it might be Spyware, Adware, Bot, Backdoor, etc.

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Hey, Toby here! This post is about security softwares that I have reviewed and LOVE! IT IS ALL FREE!
Apps:
WOT - Web browser security! Check links before visiting them, always a step ahead!
Secunia PSI - Excellent software for finding vulnerabilities in your system! I have a laptop that is 98% secure!
AVG - PERFECT anti-virus scanner! Uses a new technology called behavioural detection (Or something like that!) in order words it doesn't need to register a virus against the database it can monitor it and make sure its a virus, Great for today's dynamic viruses! Completely free!
Comodo Firewall - Monitor and reinforce your web firewall! Its free and Thanx to it I know what goes in and comes out of my laptop on the web!
Avast! - Its ok, been protecting me for a long time! Great AV, 2nd below AVG in FREE anti-virus software.
Winpatrol - This is great to help monitor recent changes to systems and helps to trace viruses and spyware.
Ad-Aware - Its a good product that I use to make sure I am safe from Adware

Well, There lots more software out there but these ones I recommend HIGHLY! Post comments if you have questions!

ALERT! ALERT! SECURITY BREACH!

BREAKING NEWS!

New evidence is showing Evony, an online popular gaming site as a fraud and a fake!

SITES:

http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/07/16/is-evony-malware/

http://www.examiner.com/x-2492-New-York-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Evony-Online-exposed-for-being-a-scam

http://www.examiner.com/search.html?source=all&phrase=no&queryType=blogs&cx=partner-pub-7479725245717969:3ucx5c-lli6&cof=FORID:9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=evony&submit2.x=47&submit2.y=20

http://www.gossipgamers.com/evony-files-lawsuit-against-blogger-for-criticism/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jul/15/games-evony-spam-internet

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/08/evony_threatens_to_sue_over_de.php

http://www.binarytweed.com/2009/08/evony.html

http://www.evonyguide.com/

This isn't new, it has been widely rumored that Evony was a scam but now has been proven.

Detail and user recalls give expericences best related to Trojans and Adware:

“Something happened this morning. Just when i logged in my account to play Evony, my Anti-Virus detected 4 trojans horse in explorer.exe. They came right when i entered my server. I am no expert about virus so I don” - An Evony user

“Hello, i would like to inform ye that your site is infested with Adaware. http://www.pctools.com/mrc/infection…e.Mostofate.E/ Every time i log onto evony this comes as part of it. I have tried it several times, deleting it THEN just opening up evony and presto its back on my Computer. Its the “monitors the users browsing activity.” that im not paticulary fond of !” - Another Evony user

First on the list of issues is that is had been alleged that the developers of Evony have been linked to a Chinese gold-farming company called WoWMine. The company that developed the game is Universal Multiplayer Game Entertainment (UMGE). A quick search of the web for information about this company showed up nothing. The websites for UMGE are currently unavailable as of the writing of this article.

Second on the list is that the viral ad campaign itself contained a trojan called SHeur.AYRM. It would appear that a computer could be infected with this trojan by clicking through on some of the Evony ads hosted on the game. The infected code has been removed from the game as noted by an administrator on June 8, 2009 on the GameAxis forums and Evony has submitted for a review from Google to be cleared.

I have also taken arms and currently undercover! More updates!

PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND REMAIN SAFE!