People are aware of the dangers computer viruses pose, but computer users need to be aware of another growing threat called a worm, said Symantec Corp.’s, director of research, Stephen Trilling.

TORONTO -- It's no joke. Computer experts worldwide are waiting to see exactly how much munching a wily worm that is decidedly not garden-variety will do starting April 1. *Billed as $4.00 plus ...

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

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 ...

Starting Wednesday, the worm is expected to randomly generate a list of up to 50,000 domain names a day -- such as www.xyz.ca -- as a smokescreen to hide the address of its command computer.

Computer worm A worm also infects your system but it does not need a host to spread, meaning it is a self-sufficient program. It self-replicates too but does not need the user to open or activate ...

The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets that show the evolution of malware, from Creeper ...

In Canada, the worm was detected and quickly eliminated on computer systems at Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, the Quebec Ministry of Transportation and at some Ontario court offices.

A new mass-mailing Internet worm appears to be attacking and jamming computers across North America. Similar to the Code Red worm that hit computers in August, the new worm is called Nimda. The ...