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Dropper definition - hacker
A Trojan horse that adversely affected Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows ME. It was discovered on February 2, 2000, and was so named because it “dropped” Trojan horses or back door Trojans onto infected computers.

See Also: Malware; Trojan.

Symantec Security Response. Trojan Dropper. [Online, February 7, 2000.] Symantec Security Response Website. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/ pf/trojan.dropper.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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