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Remote Access Trojan

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software program, typically malicious, that provides privileged, root-level (i.e., administrative) access to a computer while concealing its presence on that machine

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software program, typically malicious, that provides privileged, root-level (i.e., administrative) access to a computer while concealing its presence on that machine

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type of malware that allows covert surveillance, a backdoor for administrative control and unfettered and unauthorized remote access to a victim's machine.

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A Trojan horse with the express underlying purpose of controlling host from a distance

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