First of all, Trojan Horse is not a virus itself but carries viruses.

A Trojan Horse does not transfer the viruses to other files, programs in the computer.

There are many different types of Trojan Horses.

-Remote Access Trojans (RATs)

-Backdoor Trojans (Backdoors)

-IRC Trojans (IRC bots)

-Keylogging Trojans

Most of the time Trojan Horses are disguised as different files to make people download it, or accept it.

Trojan Horse does damage your computer but it won’t duplicate itself like viruses and worms.

Here are come ways to delete Trojan Horse from your computer:

http://www.avg-outlet.com/avg-all-products.asp?source=911_avg

http://mcafee.secureie.com/mcafee-home.asp

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