A virus spreads from one machine to another rapidly without human action. A virus is like a code that runes automatically without any knowledge or without taking permission of the user. It hampers the way a machine works. When a machine is attached to another machine directly or indirectly containing virus, it spreads itself. A worm is a kind of virus that can spread with zero human intervention. A virus still requires a human to download a contaminated file but worm does not. a worm can spread on its own
A worm spreads from one machine to another rapidly without human action.
Explanation;
-Computer worms are similar to viruses in that they replicate functional copies of themselves and can cause the same type of damage.
-In contrast to viruses, which require the spreading of an infected host file, worms are standalone software and do not require a host program or human help to propagate.
- To spread, worms either exploit a vulnerability on the target system or use some kind of social engineering to trick users into executing them.
