How would a worm be able to affect hosts running different operating systems be classified?

The correct answer is B. Multi-Platform Worm. While not mainstream (yet), we have already seen a small number of multi-platform worms released against the Internet. For example, in May 2001, the Sadmind/IIS worm mushroomed through the Internet, targeting Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows. Other types of worm classifications

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AZero-Day Worm
BMulti-Platform Worm
CPolymorphic Worm
DFast Flux Worm

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While not mainstream (yet), we have already seen a small number of multi-platform worms released against the Internet. For example, in May 2001, the Sadmind/IIS worm mushroomed through the Internet, targeting Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows. Other types of worm classifications or characteristics, such as zero-day, polymorphic and fast flux, do not meet this definition.

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