The other way around, rob. Although they both self-replicate. A virus needs a host program. The worm doesn't.
The other way around, rob. Although they both self-replicate. A virus needs a host program. The worm doesn't.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Oh ok. thx guys/gals.
There's this issue in which a worm carries a payload that tries to do more than just simply spreading the worm over the network; corrupting files, planting backdoors, etc... It can be confused by a virus on this instance, or even a trojan... arguably.
It's still a worm though if the replication code targets the network. Where's a virus replication code targets the computer memory.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
