In this article, we will lay out the key differences between a computer worm and a virus.

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.

People are aware of the dangers computer viruses pose, but computer users need to be aware of another growing threat called a worm.

Computer viruses are infecting worms in the wild to create a new breed of hybrid malware, according to security research firm BitDefender.

A computer virus known as a worm is filling up e-mail in-boxes around the globe and has already been spotted on computers in the Roaring Fork Valley. The “W32.Sobig.F@mm” worm was first discovered ...

In this article, we will lay out the key differences between a computer worm and a virus.

This being the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec, the manufacturer of computer-security software, has published a list of the top computer worms, viruses, trojan horses, and hoaxes in ...

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 ...

Conficker, also called Downadup and Kido, works like this: Once the worm wiggles into a PC, it then has the ability to install software and enable the computer to receive additional viruses from ...

The worm, known as Kama Sutra, CME-24, BlackWorm, Mywife.E or by a number of other monikers, even tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, he said.

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 ...