A powerful new computer virus was today causing havoc with e-mail systems across the world. Experts described the virus, called Goner, as one of the fastest-spreading they had yet seen and warned ...

More than $25 million in payments will go out this week to customers who were tricked into paying for fraudulent tech support ...

Computer users across the U.S. were tricked into sending thousands of dollars when they called a bogus tech support line to ...

Antivirus software runs in the background and, in most cases, will monitor your internet connection in real-time looking for ...

While the first computer virus (Creeper) was released on the ARPANET as a harmless experiment, the first computer virus to be released in the wild didn't have malicious intent either. Called ...

Antivirus software protects your computer by scanning every file you download for viruses and other malware. Most of the time ...

The first computer virus was named Creeper, created in 1971 by Robert Thomas, a programmer at BBN Technologies (Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., which later became part of Raytheon). Unlike the ...

Computer viruses can slow down your devices, create a sea of pop-up ads and even erase or steal personal information. Antivirus software can defend your devices from threats and protect your data.

The first full-stealth computer virus. In 1986, Brain was developed by Pakistani brothers Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who were annoyed at having their heart monitoring software copied for free.

He had heard about this type of computer virus and how dangerous it could be. But he never thought that he would be tricked into clicking on a wrong link. Now, as he read the ransom note ...