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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Trojan horse</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="troglodyte-mode.html" title="troglodyte mode"/><link rel="next" href="troll.html" title="troll"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Trojan horse</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="troglodyte-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="troll.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Trojan-horse"/><dt xmlns="" id="Trojan-horse"><b>Trojan horse</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards] A malicious
security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign, such as a
directory lister, archiver, game, or (in one notorious 1990 case on the
Mac) a program to find and destroy viruses! See
<a href="../B/back-door.html"><i class="glossterm">back door</i></a>, <a href="../V/virus.html"><i class="glossterm">virus</i></a>,
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