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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 907754" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>He downloaded a trojan, which supposedly included an IM worm.</p><p></p><p>A trojan is not a virus. It relies on the user taking some action to work.</p><p></p><p>A worm is very close to a virus, but the worm part of that trojan</p><p>A) didn't seem to work very well, and </p><p>B) has never been seen again.</p><p></p><p>The article is sensationalist and inaccrurate, which may be due to the fact that it is from MSNBC, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/oct96/msnbcpr.mspx" target="_blank">a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 907754, member: 4134"] He downloaded a trojan, which supposedly included an IM worm. A trojan is not a virus. It relies on the user taking some action to work. A worm is very close to a virus, but the worm part of that trojan A) didn't seem to work very well, and B) has never been seen again. The article is sensationalist and inaccrurate, which may be due to the fact that it is from MSNBC, [url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/oct96/msnbcpr.mspx]a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC[/url]. [/QUOTE]
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