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Worms
�Worm: A program that can run independently and can propagate a complete
working version of itself onto other hosts on a network.
�Virus: It cannot run independently . It requires that its host program be run to
activate it.
�Self-replicating programs like viruses, except exploit security holes in OS (e.g., bugs in
networking software) to spread on their own without human intervention.
�Self-replicating program that propagates over Internet
◦Using email – a worm mails a copy of itself to other system
◦Remote execution capability – a worm executes a copy of itself on a remote system,
either using explicit remote execution facility or by exploiting flaw (e.g., buffer
overflow) in some net service
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