If your computer is infected with a trojan, it is of the utmost importance that you get rid of it right away, before it causes damage to you or your computer.

What is a trojan? It is a form of spyware, which is also known as malware. It appears to perform a function that would be pleasing to you, but it ends up doing the opposite. Trojans come in different types of forms. A trojan could put a weird icon on your PC desktop, or show a series of pop up windows. Or even worse, it could be used to gain access to your credit and banking information.

A trojan usually gets on your computer if you download a free program off of an internet site that has lots of pirated freeware. This is usually seen in music files, TV shows and movies, though it can really be found in any type of freeware file, including free trojan virus removers. Yes, trojan removers often have trojans loaded onto them! This only makes a bad situation worse.

If you use a legitimate trojan virus remover, it will utilize its database of threats and scan your PC for problems, and will then let you delete them. This is why you should strive to find a program with a large database of threats that can be updated daily, since new threats are being created each day. Also, a good trojan virus remover will work as an anti spyware program to fight off future attacks.