Believed to be the first virus released into the wild, the Elk Cloner reflected the camp spirit of the frontier days of computing in the early '80s. It was written by 15-year-old prankster Rich ...

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 ...

On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

It began with a warning posted to online bulletin boards. Below the subject line "Really Nasty Virus," user Mike RoChenle explained how this terror had deleted his ...

How two Pakistani brothers and one piece of runaway code created the anti-virus industry. It was early 1987, and security expert Roger Thompson had just seen his first computer virus, in a programming ...

Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...

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 ...

US prosecutors Tuesday extradited a Romanian man from Colombia to the US over accusations that the man helped distribute the Gozi virus, one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in ...

I have been teaching information-security courses for over 15 years (“How to Write a Computer Virus, for College Credit,” January 16). Graduates of our program are considered to be among the top in ...

It's important to know the signs of a virus, so that you can act quickly to get rid of any malware and stay safe in future. A virus is a type of malicious software, or malware, that can replicate ...