Re: [Dshield] Economic statistics

[John Hardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 10:56, Gearry Judkins wrote:

> Virii are self propagating locally but require the use of an external
> vector to be transmitted to other hosts.
> 
> Worms are self propagating and provide their own vector for reaching other
> hosts.

Also: few worms attack resources (files, etc.) on the local system,
though they may have a viral payload in addition to their basic worm
payload. Thus, a worm may be the vector for transmitting a virus from
host to host.

> This is a gross simplification, but is one that I know I generally use. 
> Lately I have seen the general term 'malware' cast about and I think that
> is a symptom of the lines becomming blurry as of late.

Yeah. "Malware" also encompasses such things as spyware, so it's a
*very* general term.

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John Hardin  KA7OHZ                           
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