Worm

Self-replicating malware that spreads across networks without any user interaction. Worms exploit vulnerabilities in network services to propagate automatically from machine to machine. Unlike viruses, worms are standalone programs that do not need a host file. A single worm can infect thousands of systems in minutes.

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