We hear a lot about viruses and Trojans, but not much about worms. What exactly is a computer worm, what does it do and how can you protect yourself from one? When you purchase through links on ...

A worm is a form of malware (malicious software) that operates as a self-contained application and can transfer and copy itself from computer to computer. It’s this ability to operate ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's also time to update your anti-virus software in anticipation of a computer worm, set to be unleashed at midnight, that destroys the most-common file types -- those ending in ".doc," ".pdf ...

But it's still an interesting list, and you may enjoy arguing with it, suggesting additions, even remembering times past -- unless, of course, your computer was hit by one of these worms or viruses.

Security researchers are tracking holiday attacks by the Storm Worm, a particularly insidious piece of computer malware that has been circulating around the world for about a year. Earlier this ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hackers unleashed new variants of a computer worm that attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system, but infection rates appeared to be low and ...

But last week security experts revealed that the worm was designed to look for a specific computer controlling a specific automated system and, without waiting for an outside signal, trigger a ...