Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
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Difference between virus, worm, Trojan horse, and blended threat:
Virus | Worm | Trojan horse | Blended threat |
A virus is a piece of code that changes the way the computer originally operates, without the user's knowledge. ? |
A worm is a program that replicates itself from system to system without the use of a host file. ? | Trojan horse is an imposter file that claims to be something useful, but is a malware. ? |
A blended threat is a type of exploit that uses multiple techniques like virus, worm, Trojan horse to attack a system. ? |
Viruses generally consume the device memory and can cause data loss and system crash... |
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