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