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Which malware is designed to replicate itself?

Asked by MrsQ, Last updated: Apr 13, 2024

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c.Dorothy

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Answered Dec 08, 2017

Worm virus is a malware that is used to replicate itself. However, malware is also called malicious software. This term is used as an umbrella term. It actually means that it could be a different type of intruding and imposing form of a virus that attacks software. Some of these include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, to name a few. The viruses infiltrate the computer usually in a form that you would think would be safe.

Worm virus is a malware that is used to replicate itself. However, malware is also called malicious
They may look like codes, scripts, or content. Malware is malicious and it is meant to be intentionally done. It goes completely against what the computer user wants to do. There are things that you can put on your computer in order to stop these things from coming to your computer.

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MrsQ

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Answered Sep 05, 2017

Worm
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