Question

What is a worm? Differentiate between a virus and a worm.

Answer 1

A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. Often, it uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it

Difference Between Virus And Worms

Worms use Computer Networks to spread itself while Viruses spread to different systems through executable files.Spreading speed of a Worm is faster than a Virus.The virus tends to damage, destroy or alter the files of target computers, whereas, Worms does not modify any file but aims to harm the resources.The virus needs human action to replicate, whereas, Worms don’t.Worms are independent files that exist within the memory of an infected computer, whereas, Virus are executable files or attach themselves to other executable files to operate.

Answer 2

Answer:

Worms:

A worm is a malicious program that duplicate itself they fill up the disk space and make your computer slow

Virus:

Virus is small software program that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation a virus program is able to replicate itself

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