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What is a worm?

Updated: 11/15/2022
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Computer worms are malicious software applications designed to spread via computer networks. Computer worms are one form of malware along with viruses and trojans. A person typically installs worms by inadvertently opening an email attachment or message that contains executable scripts.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AND IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ANIMAL...Worms are soft bodied animals that live in water and land.In my opinoin,they may be related to jellyfish and slugs.On land there are earth worms thar tunnel underground,and there are blood worms ,leeches,and MANY other species.


Worms is a generic term to describe animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no legs.

Most animals called "worms" are invertibrates (they have no backbone). However, there are animals called "worms" (e.g. the slow worm) which do have a backbone (a slow worm is a lizard/reptile).
If you meant computer worm then, computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

Otherwise, the word worm is used to describe many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no legs.

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