Management of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Difference between virus and worm:
| Virus | Worm |
| A virus is a piece of code that changes the way the computer originally operates, without the user's knowledge. ? | A worm is a |
| Virus generally consume the device memory and can cause data loss and system crash. | It has the capability to send out hundreds or thousands of copies to itself and creates huge devastating effect... |
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