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Subject: Trojan Horse Programs
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 01:20:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 01:20:33 1986
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Dr. Dobbs Journal, Feb. 1986, has a list of 'Trojan Horse' programs.  Those
listed and the comment about each follows:

1. DROGAN.COM.  Formats your disk and leaves with a rude message.  It is
	7040 bytes long.

2. DOSKNOWS.EXE.  FAT killer misleanding named the same as the harmless
	DOSKNOWS system-status utility.  The real DOSKNOWS is 5376 bytes long.

3. EGABTR. Billed as "improve your EGA display," but when run it deletes
	everything in sight and prints a thumb-to-noser.

4. FILER.EXE. Labeled "Great new filing system," reportedly wiped out 20 meg
	hard disk.

5. SECRET.BAS. Formats disks

6. STRIPES.EXE. Ddraws an American flag but copies the remote BBS configuration
	to another file (STRIPES.BQS) so the uploader can call back and down-
	load all the passwords.  Clever!

7. VDIR.COM. This is the disk killer Jerry Pournelle wrote about in Byte.