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Worms vs Virus what's the difference?

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Mar 15, 20261751 views
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I don't understand very well the difference between viruses ans worms, it seems that worms don't need any host to duplicate himself. But somebody can explain it? It means that a worm IS a soft? and not the virus? In case of worms you can find files containing the worm himself? Thanks a lot for resp…

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The one thing that distinguishes a Worm from a Virus (and that gives the name "worm" to a virus-like malware), is the fact a worm doesn't need to attach itself to another executable in order to spread across a network. Worms are thus meant to spread…

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