What's the difference between viruses and trojans now?

The difference between a virus and a Trojan horse:

1, virus is that when the infected software runs, these malicious programs add code to the computer software and modify the working mode of the program, thus gaining control of the computer.

2. Trojan horse refers to a malicious program that performs unauthorized operations without the user's consent. They may delete the data on the hard disk, paralyze the system and steal user data. Trojan horse programs cannot invade computers independently, but rely on hackers to spread them. They often spread them disguised as "normal" software.

3. The biggest difference between the two is that viruses are contagious, while trojans generally don't. In addition, I felt it immediately after the virus invaded, but I hope you won't feel it after the Trojan horse invaded, which will help her "carry out her work". Trojan horse belongs to a kind of virus, but it should be separated from the virus type. It is called a Trojan horse program independently.

Extended data:

The name "Trojan Horse" comes from the ancient Greek legend-Trojan Horse. Like the "Trojan horse" in the story, the "Trojan horse" in the computer virus attracts users to download, execute and then enter the computer by disguising itself.

At present, the most popular Trojan is the "mining Trojan". With the rising price of cryptocurrency, various "mining Trojan horses" have occurred frequently at home and abroad. When the user downloads and installs this poisonous tool, the mining Trojan will invade the computer and use the user's computer resources to make money for hackers to "mine".

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Computer Virus

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Trojan virus