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echo: virus_info
to: KURT WISMER
from: JOHN KISMUL
date: 1996-12-27 17:56:00
subject: WORM

KW>  JK> What is the difference between a virus and worm?
KW>
KW> a virus requires a host to infect, while a worm does not...
KW>
KW> it's quite simple really, a virus needs to trick the user into executing
KW> the virus by pretending to be part of the host... a worm is a complete
KW> program in and of itself and each generation of it is executed by the
KW> generation before...
So the worm will execute itself many times and make a mess.
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