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Technical User
Hi there,
I've been reading up on Virus's and Worms for a short presentation and I'm having just a little trouble when it comes to really defining the difference between the two because there seems to be some cross-over and very close similarities.
I have read that the difference is that a virus self-propagates and a worm self-replicates but if that is the difference, what's the difference between self-propagating and self-replicating because both seem to have the same meaning and that is that they both copy themselves.
If they both do that same primary function (copy themselves), are they then defined more on what they do in addition to this?
Thanks for any advice
I've been reading up on Virus's and Worms for a short presentation and I'm having just a little trouble when it comes to really defining the difference between the two because there seems to be some cross-over and very close similarities.
I have read that the difference is that a virus self-propagates and a worm self-replicates but if that is the difference, what's the difference between self-propagating and self-replicating because both seem to have the same meaning and that is that they both copy themselves.
If they both do that same primary function (copy themselves), are they then defined more on what they do in addition to this?
Thanks for any advice