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> Terminology question. What's a 'worm' vs. 'virus' vs. 'trojan horse' Worm: self propagating malware which does not require user interaction Virus: Malware that uses e-mail to propagate and usually requires at least that you as a user load it into your MUA. Does not always require 'opening'. But for example, it will not propagate if you keep it sitting on your mail server. Trojan Horse: Program that escalates privilaeges by tricking a privileged user into executing it. Backdoor: non-standard remote admin method :-/ Bot: IRC controlled backdoor Auto Rooter: software that uses an exploit and installs backdoor without user interaction. anyway. just a quick off the cuff list. not meant to be authoritative. > 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. -- SANS - Internet Storm Center http://isc.sans.org PGP Key: http://isc.sans.org/jullrich.txt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20030819/ffe11833/attachment.sig>
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