A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices. A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, known as malware ...

This being the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec, the manufacturer of computer-security software, has published a list of the top computer worms, viruses, trojan horses, and hoaxes in ...

The W32/Sharpei@MM virus is a mass-mailing worm that also can damage certain files on a system that uses Microsoft's .Net framework. At this time, however, it's viewed as a low-risk threat.

A computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed technology to stop malicious software – malware – such as viruses and worms long before it even has a chance to reach ...

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets that show the evolution of malware, from Creeper ...

Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky--it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti ...

A: Conficker, also known as Downadup, is a widespread computer worm, or virus, that first showed its face in November. It infiltrates computers via the Internet through an inherent weakness in ...

Symantec Corp. gave the virus a threat level of 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. Spokesman Oliver Friedrichs said his firm had received 250 submissions of the worm in the first few hours.

Campus computing staffers are working to alleviate effects of two computer worms and a virus that have wreaked havoc on Microsoft users nationwide this summer. "On the one hand, it's bad -- since so ...

Heck, it may be sitting on your computer right now. McAfee virus fighters in the Silicon Valley estrimate that some twenty million PCs are already infected with the worm and things may soon get worse.