In early 2004, a handful of employees worldwide received a strange email with an attachment, marking the start of the fastest ...

Discovered in 1986, Brain was the first virus to ... books as the first computer worm that was distributed over the Internet and that compromised thousands of computers, drawing massive media ...

ransomware generally falls into two camps—and both draw on elements of Popp’s early virus. The first type of modern ransomware, known as scareware, relies on computer users’ unfamiliarity ...

(CBS News) The most pernicious computer virus ever known wasn't out to steal ... It had been out in the wild for a year without drawing anyone's attention, and seemed to spread by way of USB ...

What is a computer virus? At its core ... attend court -- and various other messages which upon first viewing may draw the target to instantly react. For example, if the message has an attachment ...

A computer virus is a type of malware that can replicate itself on your computer and spread to other devices. You might be infected with a virus if your computer suddenly starts running more ...

A powerful new computer virus was today causing havoc with e-mail systems across the world. Experts described the virus, called Goner, as one of the fastest-spreading they had yet seen and warned ...

This fascination led to a new kind of art collection," explains Bas van de Poel in the Computer Virus Catalog "About" section. The Computer Virus Catalog is a website displaying a range of ...

People are aware of the dangers computer viruses pose, but computer users need to be aware of another growing threat called a worm, he said. The two are somewhat similar, but they differ in one ...

Dec. 4 -- A new computer virus called Goner is spreading through the Internet today. Although not as technically sophisticated as recent worms such as Nimda or Badtrans, experts warn that the ...

Flame is clearly the next evolution in computer virus and got me to thinking of all of the viruses, worms, trojans, and malware that I have had to battle over the past few years. Disclaimer ...