The difference between worm and virus
We know worms and viruses have the potential to cause a lot of damage, but are they one and the same? Recording to Symantec antivirus Research Center, the answer is no. The difference lies in how much human intervention each requires to spread. While viruses are designed to infect one Tile after another in one computer, it requires someone to help it move to another computer, such as using an infected diskette on a clean machine or sending out emails with infected attachments, fl worm, on the other hand, is more insidious as it is designed to copy itself onto other computers over c network, possibly via email or on instant messaging service. It requires little or no help from people at all.