Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other potentially malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow down your ...

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 ...

As a last resort to prevent a computer virus, you may want to reinstall your device's operating system (e.g., Windows or ...

A computer virus is destructive software designed to ... Some common types include: Each type poses a unique threat to your ...

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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.

Dr Paul Vixie, from Farsight Security, was part of the Conficker ... "Malware is rarely static," he said, "computer code from older malware families can be shared, or stolen, and used in the ...

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 ...

The two PC viruses are Win32/Padobot.Z and Win32/Rays. The former virus, Padobot.Z, is copied with the autorun.inf file and the virus creators apparently believe it will launch automatically if ...