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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

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However, in the context of computer security, the term “worm” is used to refer to a self-replicating malware program that spreads through a network, as described in the previous section. CodeRed: A worm that first appeared in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software.

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

However, in the context of computer security, the term “worm” is used to refer to a self-replicating malware program that spreads through a network, as described in the previous section. CodeRed: A worm that first appeared in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software.

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