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Well let's get a few things straight a worm and a virus are not the same. The phrase virus is a term that is commonly misused. A virus is malicious code that has the ability to replicate and send itself to another computer through a host or the computer that is already infected. A worm however behaves similar to a virus but it has the ability to copy itself from computer to computer without any human interaction. Worms unlike viruses have the ability to infect one computer and then find and infect other computers connected to the host via a network. As such you can become infected by a computer worm if another computer that has access to yours becomes infected. Worms are dangerous because it only takes one computer to set off the chain. That means a profitalble company that probably as atleast a hundred computers has a greater chance of being comprised by a worm than a virus. Worms are usually the first malware out. For they find and open holes for other malware such as trojans, spyware and adware to operate without detection. To keep your network safe configure your network to either restrict access of a computer to another computer or make it so in order for on computer to access your information it needs the go ahead from you. People don't realize that their actions can affect many other people.

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