Incazelo: I-Trojan iyisimo esizimele, esiyingozi - okungukuthi, i-code encane yesofthiwe eyenza into embi kwikhompyutha yakho. Awuphenduli (njenge-worm), futhi ayifuni amanye amafayela (njengegciwane). Kodwa-ke, amaTrojans avame ukuhlanganiswa kanye nama-virus nezimpethu, ngoba angaba nomthelela ofanayo nomphumela ofanayo.
Amaningi eTrojans asekuqaleni asetshenziselwa ukuhlasela ukuhlaselwa okungaxhunywanga (denial-of-service (DDoS), njengalabo abahlupheka yi-Yahoo ne-eBay ngasekupheleni kuka-1999. Namuhla, iTrojans ngokuvamile isetshenziselwa ukuthola ukufinyelela kwe-backdoor - kude , ukufinyelela okungahambi kahle - kukhompyutha.
Kunezinhlobo eziningana ezehlukene zeTrojans, kufaka phakathi amaTrojans afinyelele kude (iRAT), iTrojans yangasese (emuva), i-IRC Trojans (IRCbots), nama-keyloggers. Eziningi zalezi zici ezihlukene zingaqashwa kwiTrojan eyodwa. Isibonelo, i-keylogger esebenza njenge-backdoor ingase iguqulwe njengengozi yegeyimu. Ama-Trojans e-IRC avame ukuhlanganiswa nama-backdoors nama-RAT ukuze kuqoqwe amaqoqo amakhompyutha aphethwe yi- botnets .
Futhi eyaziwa njenge: iThrojani Horse