Malware

Malware is malicious software that usually takes the form of a virus or a worm. A Virus needs a host file, or website in order to exist, and then they send out copies of themselves to other computers. Worms do not need a host file and they can just travel through a network of computers doing what they are designed to do. I suspect that if the recipe ipod was infected with malware it would be a virus since there would be a lot sharing of files between users, and one of those is bound to have a virus. I would hope that most of the viruses would be harmless, and not delete files or anything like that, but I know that is just wishful thinking. Which means that someone will have to develop anti-virus software for both the recipe ipod and the program that goes along with it. Hopefully the recipe ipod will be an interesting target for the young men that write malware programs.