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Virus & Warm

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Name: shihabmba
Date: August 9, 2004 at 22:23:49 Pacific
Subject: Virus & Warm
OS: Xp
CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:

what is the different betweem Virus & a Worm
just to know


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Response Number 1
Name: BlueRaja
Date: August 10, 2004 at 01:18:45 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

A virus is any program that replicates itself.
A worm is a type of virus that replicates itself over a network (such as the internet)


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Response Number 2
Name: Untouchables
Date: August 10, 2004 at 07:56:21 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Virus propagate by using a host file.Worm propagate by propagating a copy of itself through the system


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