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-A denial of service attack prevents a machine from carrying out its main duties - for example, preventing a web server
from serving up pages.
+A denial of service ([DOS])
attack prevents a machine from carrying out its main duties - for example, preventing a WebServer
from serving up pages.
-A distributed denial of service attack normally means many clients are sending repeated requests to a machine to saturate its bandwidth, preventing legitimate requests to get through. These clients have typically been infected with a virus
and are sent instructions regarding when and where to attack. They are then known as "zombies".
+A distributed denial of service ([DDoS])
attack normally means many clients are sending repeated requests to a machine to saturate its bandwidth, preventing legitimate requests to get through. These clients have typically been infected with a [Virus] or [Worm]
and are sent instructions regarding when and where to attack. They are then known as "zombies".
