The Morris worm has sometimes been referred to as the "Great Worm", because of the devastating effect it had on the Internet at that time, both in overall system downtime and in psychological impact on the perception of security and reliability of the Internet.
莫里斯蠕虫有时候也被称为“大虫”（Great Worm），原因是它对当时的互联网所造成的毁灭性影响，包括系统长时间當机，也包括担忧互联网的安全性、可靠性的心理冲击。