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It is not a surprise that the number of Trojan infections is climbing rather than falling, an expert has commented.
Security commentator Douglas Schweitzer made his assertion in a post for online resource Computer World, noting that many such infections gain access to a PC by duping users into downloading and installing software.
"What they get instead is some sometimes serious malware," he continued.
"After notifying the victim that their computer's been infected they offer anti-spyware which of course is bogus, as well."
He urged PC users to conduct research when considering what anti-virus software to use and never to download it from an unknown source.
It is vital that people never download a program which simply appears on their screen "out of the blue".
The term Trojan refers to a program which initially appears to be desirable but actually contains harmful, unwanted and malicious software.
Often they initially appear to be a video, game or useful program.
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