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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 08:33:34PM -0400, Robert L Krawitz wrote: > I've received a ton of these today. I think that the latest worm de > l'heur is particularly aggressive at scanning systems for email > addresses and randomly using one as the sender. Terminology question. What's a 'worm' vs. 'virus' vs. 'trojan horse' etc. Wouldn't the current spate of spam more properly be attributed to a virus? Is there a strict definition for these things? I know what /I/ think they mean, but I've seen these terms bandied about so loosly lately that I'm not sure if I'm crazy, or if everybody else is crazy. -- Ron Peterson -o) 87 Taylor Street /\\ Granby, MA 01033 _\_v https://www.yellowbank.com/ ---- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20030819/497a04ca/attachment.sig>
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