T his kind of software, from all outward appearances, is written by people who have no life beyond the vicarious excitement they derive from hearing about other people's suffering. They are software adepts without direction for their talents, rebels without a clue. There are several kinds of software that attack your system, not all falling into the classification virus. Other kinds of attacking software include the Trojan horse and the worm. A Trojan horse is software that stands alone.
Trojan horses look wonderful.
They appear to do something amazing, pretty, or helpful. But computers work quickly. As you and I can do many things, one after another, so can the computer - but much faster. So fast it appears they're doing many things at once. While that amazing, pretty, helpful operation grabs your attention like a magician's patter, the Trojan horse unleashes its full force attack on your system.