VIRUS $ WORMS

Introduction:

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·       “Virus always needs a trigger to execute itself and after execution they leave the memory part.” A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another.

·       WORM means "Malicious computer program"
  A worm is a program that, after it has been started, replicates without any need for human intervention. It will propagate from host to host, taking advantage of an

  Unprotected service or services. It will traverse a network without the need for a user to send an infected file or e-mail. Most of the large incidents in the press recently have been worms rather than viruses. 

           Difference between virus $ worm

·       Most of us thinks that worms are viruses and their working is similar to viruses but this not the real scenario. There is a Big difference between the general viruses and Worms.

·       A worm is a special type of virus that can replicate itself and use memory, but cannot attach itself to other programs. A worm spreads through the infected network automatically but a virus does not.