The worm's author could steal financial information ... Many authors of previous computer viruses have come from Eastern Europe outside the jurisdiction of the European Union, experts said.

Conficker.c is a worm, a malicious program thought to ... More likely, though, said DeBolt, the virus may try to get computer users to buy fake software or spend money on other phony products.

Previous viruses, such as Love Bug, Code Red and the Nimda Worm caused problems for millions of computer users across the world.

A worm unleashed in the summer of 1999 that infected Microsoft Exchange mail servers. It replied to each incoming message with "Hi <sender name>! I received your email and will send you a reply ASAP.

Created by two programmers named Basit and Amjad, Brain was a boot virus that ran when a computer was booted up with an infected floppy diskette in the A: drive. (Remember when floppy disks were ...

The ‘ILOVEYOU’ virus, also known as ‘Love Bug’ or ‘Loveletter’, infected over ten million Windows devices in early May 2000, ...

U.K.-based Sophos spotted more than 10,700 new viruses, worms, and Trojan horses during the 12-month span of November 2003, to November 2004, a 51.8 percent increase over the same period a year ago.

How much damage did the most costly computer virus cost? The MyDoom worm was the most expensive malware infection to date, causing roughly $38 billion in total damage. How much does it cost to repair ...

Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...

It was a cold autumn night in 1988. The people of Cambridge, Massachusetts lay asleep in their beds unaware of the future horror about to be unleashed from the labs of the nearby college.

Mydoom, the worst computer virus outbreak in history, caused $38 billion in damage in 2004, but its inflation-adjusted cost is now $52. Two billion dollars. This malware, also known as Novarg, is a ...