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 ...

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 ...

If not, conficker is likely blocking your computer from fighting back, and it's time to install some new armor. Nothing is certain in the virus world, and April 1 may come and go without anything ...

The worm entered the Revenue Department’s computer system Monday and infected all 13 offices statewide. It shut down the network, which affected the department’s billing system.

A computer worm is infecting millions of personal and business computers. But in order to beat it, you have to forget everything you've ever learned about avoiding viruses.

The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whether everyday ...

In a blog post, F-Secure security researchers report that the number of machines infected by the Downadup worm has skyrocketed from roughly 2.4 million to over 8.9 million in the last four days alone.