A computer worm is the family member of malware and that spreads the copies of itself from computer to computer. This Worms can active and do the jobs itself without any human interaction and do not need to attach it with any software program in order to cause damage.

How Does it work?

Worms can be transmitted from the software vulnerabilities where some Worms could arrive as an attachment in spam emails or instant messages. When the file is open you could find a link to a malicious website or then automatically download the Worms. After that, the installation process started and it worked silently and the machine without the user’s knowledge.

The Worms can modify and delete the files and even it can inject the additional malicious software onto a computer. Sometimes we found that that the computer worm’s purpose is only to make copies of itself over and over which can block the size and speed of the hard drive space or bandwidth and create overloading tasks in a shared network. Some Worms can steal data and install a backdoor and allow hackers to gain the control of entire system setting.

Famous Computer Worm

Around July 2010, The first computer worm was found and used as the cyber weapon and discovered by the security researcher after a long string of incidents in Iran.

 The name of the worm is “Stuxnet”. This attracts the interest of high profile specialists around the world. After finding the details about this worm it comes that the “Worm” is designed to attack an Iranian power plant with the ultimate goal of sabotaging nuclear weapon production. But at last, it failed and the vulnerabilities are found.

How do you know about the Computer Worm in your system?

If you feel that your system is infected by the computer worm, run a scan immediately with an anti-virus. Even if the scan is not useful and the result is negative and then follow some steps below :

1. Keep an eye on your hard drive space: The worm can utilize the free space of your computer.
2. If you find some files are missing: Computer worm can delete and replace files on a computer.
3. Monitor the performance and speed: If you find lagging and crashing issues in the computer even the processing speed feels slow.

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