CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor – Question1821

A Trojan horse's payload would almost always take damaging effect immediately.

A.
True
B. False

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Broadly speaking, a Trojan horse is any program that invites the user to run it, but conceals a harmful or malicious payload. The payload may take effect immediately and can lead to immediate yet undesirable effects, or more commonly it may install further harmful software into the user’s system to serve the creator’s longer-term goals.