An attacker can launch Dos attack or install a backdoor and maybe even damage a local system or network systems. The attacker would normally serve to transport multiple attacks in one payload. Blended threats can use server and Internet vulnerabilities to initiate, then transmit and also spread an attack.

The biggest danger with a worm is its capability to replicate itself on your system, so rather than your computer sending out a single worm, it could send out hundreds or thousands of copies of itself, creating a huge devastating effect.Ī blended threat is a more sophisticated attack that bundles some of the worst aspects of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and malicious code into one single threat. A computer virus attaches itself to a program or file enabling it to spread from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels.