DownloaderTrojaner
DownloaderTrojaner is a term used in German-language cybersecurity to describe a Trojan horse program whose primary function is to download and install additional malware on an infected system. Typically disguised as legitimate software, updates, or documents, it relies on social engineering, drive-by downloads, or phishing to reach a victim. Once executed, the Trojan connects to a remote server to fetch one or more secondary payloads and may write them to disk, load them into memory, or execute them through a helper component.
Many DownloaderTrojaner variants implement persistence by modifying startup entries, registry keys, scheduled tasks, or service configurations,
The downloaded payloads can include adware, spyware, banking trojans, ransomware, backdoors, or botnet modules. In some
Impact and risk: The presence of a DownloaderTrojaner increases the system’s exposure to further compromise, data
Detection and removal: Indicators include unusual network traffic, new executables, unexpected startup items, or browser redirects.