Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

A lot has changed in 40 years, since the first computer virus emerged in 1971 as a proof of concept on an early iteration of the Internet. From the sheer volume in the number of viruses, which grew ...

Many students will not be saying "I love you" to their computers this Valentine's Day, as a slew of computer viruses have wrecked havoc on the Tufts campus this past week. Hundreds of students have ...

They say what goes around comes around and on Friday owners of bot-infested PCs in South Korea will discover that’s true. The owners of tens of thousands of bot-infested PCs in the county — who’ve ...

For Stu Garrison, it could have gone either way. The Jackson, Mo., insurance agent received an e-mail from someone he corresponds with electronically, warning him that a computer virus may have been ...

BOSTON, June 21 (Reuters) - The Flame computer virus is not only capable of espionage but it can also sabotage computer systems and likely was used to attack Iran in April, according to a leading ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers at Purdue University have uncovered the way some antibodies neutralize infections caused by viruses. Bacterial and viral infections are similar in many ways and ...

In a conversation I had with hard drive maker Western Digital, vice president Gary Meister acknowledged that it’s possible to create a virus that attacks the microcode in drives from Western digital ...