Trojan horse

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A Trojan Horse is a destructive program that masquerades itself as a benign application. Trojan horses do not replicate themselves but provide a backdoor for hidden, unauthorized access to the user's computer system. They can, for example, be used to steal files that contain sensitive information, or log the user's keystrokes to read out passwords.