2006-09-22 08:57:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No, the opposite. Long before there were computers, a "Trojan Horse" was a common metaphor to refer to anything which was attractive on the outside, or even just looked normal, but was concealing something dangerous inside. It comes from the "Wooden Horse of Troy", or Trojan Horse for short. After 10 years of the siege of Troy, the Greeks had been unsuccessful, so they built a huge wooden horse and hid a platoon of soldiers inside it, then left it outside the city gates and pretended to sail back to Greece. The silly Trojans - the citizens of Troy - knocked down part of their city wall to get the horse into the city. You can guess what happened that night.
The first computer viruses to use this trick, of disguising themselves as something important or just ordinary, were naturally called "Trojan Horse viruses", and now they are just "Trojans" for short.
2006-09-23 04:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you might have that backwards,buddy!The Trojans were called Trojans because they came from Troy[you know like Americans come from America],and it was the Greeks that came in under false pretenses not the Trojans.
2006-09-22 09:04:24 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol
Actually, the Greeks entered under the false pretenses, but it's still funny
2006-09-22 09:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by willow oak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the Greeks entered troy under false pretenses. Ain't that homoerotic sounding?
2006-09-22 08:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The trojan horse gift
2006-09-22 08:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strangely enough YES
2006-09-22 08:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, they didn't have them back in the days of Troy. They just did their thing and hoped for the best.
2006-09-22 08:59:50 · answer #7 · answered by Gene A 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Har!
2006-09-22 08:58:36 · answer #8 · answered by mutterhals 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends if they could get it up.
2006-09-22 08:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL, that's a good question!
2006-09-22 09:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by jhs80123 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋