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Question
Write the difference between Worm and Virus.
Distinguish Between
Solution
| No. | Criteria | Computer Worm | Computer Virus |
| 1 | Definition | A computer worm is a complete program | A computer virus is not a complete program , but a part of a program |
| 2 | Action | A computer worm act independently | A computer virus cannot act independently. |
| 3 | Corruption | It does not cause direct harm to computer system. It just goes on spreading on to network | It causes direct harm to the computer system, corrupts code as well as data. |
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