The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, known as malware.

Now, scientists say that viruses carried by these worms may be one reason they cause such severe illness. In a recent study, published in September in the journal Nature Microbiology, the ...

For the first time in nearly forty years of intense study, scientists have identified two new viruses that can infect the worms in the wild, opening up new avenues of research in host-virus ...

A worm unleashed in the summer of 1999 that infected Microsoft Exchange mail servers. It replied to each incoming message with "Hi <sender name>! I received your email and will send you a reply ASAP.

Computer History Museum exhibit featuring the original floppy disk used to distribute the Morris Worm computer virus. To be fair, the concept of a computer virus certainly warranted a bit of ...

Tangerine Turkey is a visual basic script (VBS) worm that spreads via USB drives and deploys crypto mining malware to ...

Viruses and the other damaging software and dirty tricks that get lumped under the “malware” umbrella (malicious software intended to harm your computer) have been with us almost as long as ...

Cabir was a worm that spread via Bluetooth, and while it wasn't particularly harmful, it demonstrated the potential for mobile phone viruses to propagate and infect other devices. Discovered by ...

There are two types of malware: viruses and worms. Viruses embed in software without consent and infect the computer when the software is opened. A worm spreads itself through a network to affect ...

The Melissa virus is named after the virus author's favorite exotic dancer. It's a worm that infects Word documents and spreads through email as an attachment. If an attachment containing the ...