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Which are the easiest and most convincing ways to infect a computer?

Trojan horse attacks pose one of the most serious threats to computer security. The image below shows different ways a Trojan can get into a system. Which are the easiest and most convincing ways to infect a computer?

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A.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

B.
Legitimate “shrink-wrapped” software packaged by a disgruntled employee

C.
NetBIOS (File Sharing)

D.
Downloading files, games and screensavers from Internet sites

3 Comments on “Which are the easiest and most convincing ways to infect a computer?

  1. Unethica says:

    That is hardly the “easiest” way to do it. That method requires shrink-wrapping and also finding a disgruntled employee.

    It would be much “easier” to just post the Trojan as a download.

  2. Azuris says:

    I totally agree with Unethica, it would require a wrapping tool and the know how (getting the trojan software) compared to just have the hackers do it for you and just download the “malware” inform of games,free apps etc without knowing


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