Chapter 17, Problem 5TC

Explanation of Solution

Given: 

Virus, Worm, and Trojan.

To find: The definitions of and differences between virus, worm, and trojan.

Solution: 

Virus: It’s a type of program that replicates itself by attaching to other programs. The infected programs will be executed for the virus to run. These programs may be an application, a macro in a document as well as, maybe, a boot loader program.

Worm: A worm is a type of program that copies itself throughout a network...