Which of the following best characterizes “worms”?

A.
Malicious programs that can run independently and can propagate without the aid of a carrier program such
as email

B.
Programming code errors that cause a program to repeatedly dump data

C.
Malicious programs that require the aid of a carrier program such as email

D.
Malicious programs that masquerade as common applications such as screensavers or macro-enabled
Word documents

Explanation:
Worms are malicious programs that can run independently and can propagate without the aid of a carrier
program such as email.