Indications of a Trojan Attack

Indications of a Trojan Attack

A Trojan is software designed to steal data and demolish your system. It creates a backdoor to attackers to intrude into your system in stealth mode. The system becomes vulnerable to the Trojan and attackers can easily launch their attack on the system if it is not safeguarded. Trojans can enter your system using various means such as email attachments, downloads, instant messages, open ports, etc. The following are some of the indications that you may notice on your system when it is attacked by the Trojan:

• CD-ROM drawer opens and closes by itself
•  Computer browser is redirected to unknown pages
• Strange chat boxes appear on target's computer
• Documents or messages are printed from the printer
• Functions of the right and left mouse buttons are reversed
• Abnormal activity by the modem, network adapter, or hard drive
• The account passwords are changed or unauthorized access
• Strange purchase statements appear in the credit card bills
• The ISP complains to the target that his or her computer is IP scanning
• People know too much personal information about a target