COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
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Whats a worm
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A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
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Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other computers.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is a worm? Worms are programs that replicate themselves from system to system without the use of a host file. This is in contrast to viruses, which requires the spreading of an infected host file.
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