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.

Anti-virus companies warn of Shockwave worm. CUPERTINO, California (CNN) -- Computer users who think they are downloading an Internet movie may instead be spreading a new computer ...

A computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed technology to stop malicious software – malware – such as viruses and worms long before it even has a chance to reach computers ...

While parents may worry about their children catching a virus on their first excursion from home, some University officials believe their children's computers may be more at risk. Campus computing ...

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 one ...

The worm _ called "Mydoom,' "Novarg' or "WORM_MIMAIL.R' _ was replicating itself so quickly that some corporate networks were clogged with infected traffic within hours of its appearance Monday. Its ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A destructive computer worm set to disable computers on Friday (Feb. 3) can be stopped if computer users have updated their anti-virus software, according to Purdue University ...

Internet security experts are divided on the source and purpose of computer viruses and worms like Blaster and SoBig. But some government agencies are investigating a possible connection between the ...

Infections by a computer worm that travels via both email and file-sharing networks grew on Tuesday, according to anti-virus companies. “I’m surprised because we expected it to die down,” says Carole ...

Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky--it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti-virus ...

In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense, author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm. The SymbOS/Cabir worm indicates a totally new era of computer worms that ...

Disagreements about what and how to name new worms and viruses have produced a confusing system in which antivirus companies often compete to be the first to name a new virus and in which the same ...