Question

Explain the virus worm in detail.


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Answer 1

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A worm virus is a malicious, self-replicating program that can spread throughout a network without human assistance. ... But worms are not viruses. Viruses need a host computer or operating system. The worm program operates alone.

Answer 2

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A worm virus is a malicious, self-replicating program that can spread throughout a network without human assistance.

But worms are not viruses. Viruses need a host computer or operating system. The worm program operates alone.

An important distinction between computer viruses and worms is that viruses require an active host program or an already-infected and active operating system in order for viruses to run, cause damage and infect other executable files or documents, while worms are stand-alone malicious programs that can self-replicate