trojan horse

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trojan horse(n = noun.group) fifth column - a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst; Array

is a kind of social unit, unit

trojan horse(n = noun.communication) trojan - a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"

is a kind of malevolent program

trojan horse(n = noun.artifact) wooden horse - a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War; Array

is a kind of figure

trojan horse, n. [from the incident described in Homer's Iliad.].

a large hollow wooden horse built by Greek soldiers besieging Troy during the Trojan War, and left as a “gift” when they pretended to abandon their seige. It was taken into the city by the Trojans, and Greek soldiers concealed inside came out and opened the gates to the city, enabling the capture of the city by the Greeks. [RP]
Hence, any thing or person which appears harmless but is designed to destroy or attack from within. It may sometimes refer to a group; -- see also fifth column. [RP]
A computer program designed to evade the security precautions within a computer system and perform illicit operations, or to do malicious damage, and often designed to look like a different kind of program, such as a game, archiver, or directory lister. This term is not applied to a program that replicates itself, such as a virus. [RP]

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