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Conficker as the worm is also known as Downup, Downadup, Conficker, and Kido.

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  1. noun Any of various invertebrates, as those of the phyla Annelida, Nematoda, Nemertea, or Platyhelminthes, having a long, flexible, rounded or flattened body, often without obvious appendages.
  2. noun Any of various crawling insect larvae, such as a grub or a caterpillar, having a soft elongated body.
  3. noun Any of various unrelated animals, such as the shipworm or the slowworm, resembling a worm in habit or appearance.
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  • This worm was a self-replicating program that sought out vulnerable machines and infected them. —  Maximum Security -- Ch 3 -- Hackers and Crackers
  • Maybe the golem could have fought off his private personal horror, if- Now the worm was almost at the bottle. —  The Source of Magic
  • Remember, a worm is the only thing that can't fall down Which was a typical piece of Morris Mental Byron's philosophy Give the brains the telegram and clippings," B. Elmer told Don Worth, "and see what he thinks Mental took the message and examined it thoughtfully. —  075 - The Gold Ogre
  • "This worm was an unfaithful servant Tugg blubbered: "I couldn't help it if Shut up! —  009 - The Czar of Fear
  • Conficker as the worm is also known as Downup, Downadup, Conficker, and Kido. —  The Blog Herald
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  1. Middle English, from Old English wurm, variant of wyrm; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English worm, wurm, wirm, werm, from Anglo-Saxon wyrm, a worm, snake, dragon, = Old Saxon wurm = D. Low German worm = Old High German Middle High German G. wurm, worm, insect, snake, dragon, = Icelandic ormr (for *vormr) = Swedish Danish orm (for *vorm) = Gothic (Moesogothic) waurms, a worm, = Latin vermis; cf. Greek ῤόμος, ῤόμοξ (*Νρόμος), a wood-worm; cf. Lithuanian kirmis, worm, = Old Bulgarian chrŭvĭ = Russian chervŭ, worm, = Old Irish cruim, a worm (cf. Irish cruimh, a maggot, Welsh pryf, worm), = Sanskrit krimi, worm (whence ult. English crimson, carmine, q. v.). From the L. vermis are ult. English vermin, vermicule, vermeil, etc.
  2. = Dutch wurmen, torment oneself, vex oneself, worry, work hard; cf. German würmen, crawl, wriggle, be lost in thought, also transitive tease, grieve, wurmen, worm, worry; from the noun.
 

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