COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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A worm you see outside in the dirt.
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A software used to worm into your computer.
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Malware that can infect and spread without human assistance.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A computer worm is a subset of the Trojan horse malware that can propagate or self-replicate from one computer to another without human activation after breaching a system. Typically, a worm spreads across a network through your Internet or LAN (Local Area Network) connection.
Detailed explanation-2: -In brief: Viruses and worms both cause damage and copy themselves rapidly. The main difference is how they self-replicate, with viruses requiring the help of a host and worms acting independently. Unlike viruses, worms can replicate and spread without any human activation.
Detailed explanation-3: -A worm is a type of malware that can copy itself and often spreads through a network by exploiting security vulnerabilities. It can spread through email attachments, text messages, file-sharing programs, social networking sites, network shares, removable drives, and software vulnerabilities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Internet worms (or network worms) From its perch in an infected computer, the network worm scans the internet or a local area network (LAN) for other computers with the same security weakness, then spreads to those machines.