The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead ...

The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day. That's when many of ...

What Is a Computer Virus? A computer virus is a program. Like other programs, it’s defined by what it does, and the big thing a virus does is replicate itself. The virus exists as a collection of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam ...

Knowing the difference between a worm and a virus can help boost a company's defenses against such malicious code threats. ZDNet Asia asked Symantec to give a lowdown on the common security threats ...

A new cyber threat, the "Shai-Hulud" worm, has compromised the Node Package Manager (npm) ecosystem, which is widely used by organizations for JavaScript development. This attack has resulted in ...

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 ...

Virus attacks continue to plague businesses, and most of the solutions available rely on snapshots of the signatures of the bad code. Here, a Cryptzone exec outlines how techniques such as application ...