Worm bait?

[ron.peterson at yellowbank.com]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:05:15PM -0400, Johannes B. Ullrich wrote:
> 
> > Terminology question.  What's a 'worm' vs. 'virus' vs. 'trojan horse'
> 
> Worm: self propagating malware which does not require user interaction

Yep.  That's what I would say too.

> 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.

I wouldn't restrict the definition to 'email'.  The 'requires user
intervention' part is what I think of.

> Trojan Horse: Program that escalates privilaeges by tricking a
> privileged user into executing it.
> Backdoor: non-standard remote admin method :-/

I would say a trojan horse always contains a backdoor.  A trojan horse
is a backdoor in disguise.

I like your backdoor definition.  :)

> Bot: IRC controlled backdoor

Would a bot require IRC?

> Auto Rooter: software that uses an exploit and installs backdoor without
> user interaction.

New to me.  So your definition is now authoritative in my book!

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