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 ...

No wonder viruses became an ideal weapon model in a totally different world — a world of programming. The first computer viruses were created as early as in the 1970s. Starting as pranks, they evolved ...

Emoji, the little icons and characters that you send and receive every day, fall under the jurisdiction of the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium is the organization responsible for maintaining ...

Berhampur's Superintendent of Police X handle shared an image featuring the four men, each with a superimposed emoji on their ...

Computer viruses can invade your system without you noticing, disrupting its operation and even stealing your data. To ...

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.

A computer virus that can add fake tumours to medical scan images has been created by cyber-security researchers. In laboratory tests, the malware altered 70 images and managed to fool three ...

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 ...

The Cookie Monster virus might be the world's first computer virus; it was created in the 1960s by MIT students to annoy their fellow classmates. The virus freezes everything on the computer ...

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.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Computer viruses designed to harm or gain access to your computer are more common than ever. Each type has an end goal in mind ...

Now that personal computers have been a part of everyday life for about 30 years, computer viruses aren't as mysterious as they once were. Simply put, a virus is a kind of malware that has the ...