Worms, Viruses, and Trojan Horses?

 Worms
A computer worm is a program that makes copies of itself. Worms are usually transferred from
one computer to another through emails, USB thumb drives, disk drives, or other types of
transportation mechanism. Worms are often attached to software that is downloaded from the
internet or as attachments in emails.
 Viruses
Viruses are programs or bits of code that replicate to infect other programs, boot sectors,
partitions sectors, or documents that support macros. Most viruses only replicate themselves.
 Trojan Horse
A Trojan horse is a destructive program that masquerades as a benign application. Unlike viruses
and worms, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves but they can be just as destructive. One of
the most deceptive types of a Trojan horse are programs that claim to rid your computer of
viruses but instead introduces viruses onto your computer.
To protect your computer and all of your data, you should run a virus removal program on a
regular schedule. Software like Symantec and McAfee provide removal tools to help defend your
computer and can be setup to run in the background and placed on a schedule.
There are ethical implications pertaining to the creation of worms, viruses, and Trojan horses that
are as simple as right and wrong. Although some people create these items for fun and to gain
recognition, they should realize that their actions would not be acceptable if someone did it to
them. The damage, loss, or suffering these items cause always outweigh any gain, benefit, or
status the writer might have attained.
 Do you have virus protection on your computer?
 Is your virus protection scheduled to run on a regular bases: every other day?
 Do you back up your data on a separate hard drive in case your computer is infected?
 What are your thoughts on people that create worms, viruses, and Trojan horses?

https://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/abuse/wvt/study.php