Infectious malware is comprised of viruses and worms, while Trojans, backdoors and rootkits are concealed pieces of malicious code. Last, but not least, malware for profit gathers spyware, botnets, ...

Virus infections have increased steadily from 10 per 10,000 computers in 1996 to 91 per 10,000 computers this year, according to the International Computer Security Association (ICSA) survey of ...

Since these days, the intentions of worms and viruses, plus other types of software like Spyware, etc. are malicious or bad, they are collectively called Malware.

Computer viruses first emerged in the 1980s. Since then, they have posed problems for computer users worldwide. Unfortunately, most are here to stay.

With hackers more and more creative and new viruses are constantly being created, it has never been so easy to catch viruses on the internet, so we must always be aware of protecting ourselves. Even a ...

Earlier investigations of the circulation of computer viruses on the Internet were based on biological models of the spread of epidemics in the population. But Pastor-Satorras, who works at the ...

This week computer viruses celebrate 20 years of causing trouble and strife to all types of computer users. US student Fred Cohen was behind the first documented virus that was created as an ...