There’s lots of information (and misinformation) about the term “virus,” so let’s get it straight and define computer virus once and for all: a computer virus is a self-replicating, malicious program ...

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 ...

Researchers at Black Hat conference speculate that human and computer viruses could converge in the future and could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that ...

Viruses don’t have the best reputation, but not all of them are bad. In fact, some of them could end up saving humanity. We’ve become conditioned to see viruses as our enemy. After all, COVID-19 ...

Not all computer viruses immediately crash your device in a dramatic display. A virus can run in the background, quietly creeping around on its tip-toes, stealing things and messing things up along ...