On Dec 6, 2011, at 6:20 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:10:14 PST, Owen DeLong said: > >> No, a Trojan is malware. Any software which operates without the >> knowledge or consent of the user to engage in operations the user would >> not reasonably expect is not being used for good, no matter how well >> intentioned. > > Strictly speaking, it's "without the knowledge or consent of the *owner*". > Especially > in corporate environments, "owner" != "user". I would argue that the superset applies in a proper definition here. Software which operates with the knowledge and consent of the owner, but, not the knowledge or consent of the end-user is still, IMHO, nefarious at best. Owen
