The term "worm" was first used in John Brunner's 1975 novel, The Shockwave Rider. In the novel, Nichlas Haflinger designs and sets off … See more

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Computer viruses generally require a host program. The virus writes its own code into the host program. When the program runs, the written virus … See more

Worms spread by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems. Vendors with security problems supply regular security updates (see "Patch Tuesday"), and if these are installed to a machine, then the majority of worms are unable to spread to it. If a vulnerability … See more

• List of computer worms
• BlueKeep
• Botnet
• Code Shikara (Worm)
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Any code designed to do more than spread the worm is typically referred to as the "payload". Typical malicious payloads might delete files … See more

A helpful worm or anti-worm is a worm designed to do something that its author feels is helpful, though not necessarily with the permission of the executing computer's owner. Beginning with the first research into worms at Xerox PARC, there have been attempts to … See more

• Malware Guide (archived link) – Guide for understanding, removing and preventing worm infections on Vernalex.com.
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