> It may or may not be a "trojan horse", but it is definitely a
> trojan. (The Trojans hid in the horse, remember.) The thing gets
> wrapped up with games and utilities and worms and other nasties which
> allow it to be propagated to unsupecting chumps who are stupid enough
> to run active content they receive in the mail or off of insecure web
> sites.
>
Didn't you just prove yourself wrong? Back Orifice is not
wrapped in any game or utility or anything other than
social engineering. There may be versions out which are
trojans where someone tacked it onto the end of another
program, but in its original form all it (BO, anyway) does
is delete the executable after installation.
Personally, I don't know what security term I would use
on Back Orifice. It's not a trojan because its intent
is clearly defined (except to the unsuspecting luser).
Mayhaps it's simply a network administration tool for
Windows which can be used for nefarious deeds.
I'm just glad no one has said "It's not a trojan, it's
a virus!!" ;-)
~Patrick
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