Re: Worm vs a Trojan Horse -- differences?

From: Duane Laflotte (dlaflotte_at_criticalsites.com)
Date: 05/26/05 

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 16:17:03 -0400

Jason,
     Good question! I agree to some extent. I think the difference is that
a Trojan is usually a program that masks itself and is installed on a
server/workstations so that external users can get access to that system.
Classic Trojans don't have a "viral" propagation method. A Trojan is much
more useful to a hacker if it is never discovered. So Trojans will attempt
to be as quite as possible on the system and not propagate themselves as
that may alert someone that its there.
     Worms, on the other hand, focus on propagations in any means possible
and can destroy data along the way.
Just my take on it as a professional hacker :) 

-- 
Duane Laflotte
MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, MCT, MCP+I
dlaflotte@criticalsites.com
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"xz" <jasonshohet@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1117135215.897952.250770@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> I know this much:
> A Trojan Horse is a DDOS attack made by maliciously changing some
> executable program -- like a MS Word T. Horse that infects PC w/ virus
> that sends other PC's requests.
> A Worm is a virus program that destroys data or utilize tramendous
> network bandwidth.
>
> My question is this - If a Trojan Horse is a DDOS attack, well a DDOS
> attack also utilizes network bandwidth.  So is a Trojan Horse a variety
> of 'Worm', if a Worm can be loosely termed to mean any virus that sends
> other PC's requests on the network?
>
> Thanks for any clarifications!
> Jason Shohet
>

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