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, ...

To a lot of people, a "virus" is often the first thing they think of when something goes wrong with their computer. The truth is, that these days a virus is almost never the culprit for your PC ...

The computer virus has reached a new milestone: Its 40th birthday. And the evolution from the crude Creeper virus on 1971 to last year's Stuxnet virus, which could very well have marked the first shot ...

It has been about 26 years since the creation of the first computer virus. Today, the number of viruses has increased to over 250,000, and each one has the potential to damage your computer and your ...

Researchers at Black Hat conference speculate that human and computer viruses could converge in the future and could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that ...

One way to categorize computer viruses is by where they reside. Most conventional viruses lie in files accessible to, or by, the operating system. Some viruses reside in the master boot sector of your ...