Government must deal with the Trojan Horse theory in Curtin case

LIKE most people I had already formed an opinion about the Judge Curtin case. Then, while watching RTE’s Prime Time, I heard that his computer had a ‘Trojan Horse’ on it.

A Trojan Horse programme, which infects computers like a virus, allows a third party, over the internet, to record and pass on all keystrokes entered on the computer. It also allows the third party to run and control any program without the owner’s/operator’s knowledge. Trojan horses are used to capture credit card information and partake in illegal activities that the third party does not want traced to them.

If the judge bought anything over the internet, using his credit card, the third party would then have all his credit card details. The third party could then have the judge’s computer log-in and download child pornography onto the judge’s computer without his knowledge.