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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:13:26PM -0400, ron.peterson at yellowbank.com wrote: > 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. Your understanding of these terms is probably correct. Take a look under the "Types of threat" heading at this page: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html for some brief and clear explanations. A threat doesn't always fit neatly into one of the categories, which is one reason for the confusion. Nathan Meyers nmeyers at javalinux.net
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