Worm Viruses, Deadliest of All
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006There are three types of malware – that is, malicious software designed to harm your computer: viruses, Trojans and worms. Of the three, worms are the most harmful because they can function without human intervention. While viruses attach themselves to a program, worms do not need to do that to be harmful. They can spread independently.
Worms can be designed to destroy computer programs and files, but they are often designed to attack networks. Because networks are comprised of servers and routers, this can be most damaging. The servers are used as resources by many individual computers and the router is a specialized server that is used to route network traffic. If nothing else, a worm can cause damage by consuming precious network bandwidth. (more…)