The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead A computer virus is a type of program that, much like a regular virus, ...

Malware is an all-encompassing term that includes many forms of intentionally malicious software (in fact, the word malware was first coined in 1990 by the late Israeli professor, Yisrael Radai, as a ...

It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...

Although nearly 63,000 viruses have rolled through the Internet, causing an estimated $65 billion in damage, criminal prosecutions have been few, penalties light and just a handful of people have gone ...

Computer viruses can wreak havoc on your computer by damaging files, stealing data and making your system unusable. To prevent virus infection, keep an updated copy of an antivirus program running in ...

Three academic computer geeks recently caused an outbreak of panic amongst the business press by announcing that they had created the world's first computer virus hosted on an RFID tag. They described ...

In computing terms, a variant is a type of virus or malware program. Viruses and malware are potentially dangerous programs or pieces of programming code that can cause massive amounts of damage to ...

A Minnesota teenager was arrested Friday, accused of disseminating a version of "Blaster." But investigators scrambling to trace that infection, along with "Sobig" and other computer viruses face a ...

While viruses are dominating the headlines right now, there is another type of virus you need to watch for -- a type of computer virus that is now worse than ever. While viruses are dominating the ...