Worms

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A Worm is a Computer program that has the ability to copy itself from machine to machine. Worms use up Computer processing time and network bandwidth when they replicate, and often carry payloads that do considerable damage. A worm called Code Red made huge headlines in 2001. =====

- MS Outlook services - Direct connection to SMTP servers using their own SMTP API - Windows MAPI functions



The way you can protect yourself from getting a Computer Worm is by doing these things that are listed below: > interactive and relied on web desiners but its also the most common entry point that worms use to infect your computer
 * Don’t click on links that show how to clean your laptop
 * Using USB Sticks to keep data safe
 * Beware of internet pop ups
 * Anti-Virus Programs
 * Anti-Spyware Programs
 * Use a Firewall
 * Search protection on Google
 * A good anti virus software can protect you but not this dose not make you 100 perceent worm free, most morden worms change hourly making it hard for anti virus software to keep them out
 * The most effective way to prevent a worm infection is to turn javascript off for normal web searches, Javascript is a powerful software that makes websites

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Worms often infect computers by exploiting bugs in legitimate software. Typically, a high-profile, trusted web page may be tampered with so it transmits (often invisibly) a carefully corrupted document file to the user when the page is viewed.

And many more are used to help protect their laptops or computer from the Worm Virus. Here are some links below that will help you understand more about Worms that might be in your Computer or Laptop:
 * __Links to Websites to help you understand about Worms in your computer__**
 * [|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm**]
 * [|**http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus5.htm**]
 * [|**http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/68541.aspx**]
 * [|**http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/internet-worms**]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office put the cost of the damage at $100,000–10,000,000. It is usually reported that around 6,000 major UNIX machines were infected by the Morris worm.

"Great Worm"- referred to as the Morris worm because of the devastating effect it had on the Internet at that time, both in overall system downtime and in psychological impact on the perception of security and reliability of the Internet.


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