This is a demonstration of the I Love You Virus (known mostly as "ILOVEYOU"), which was recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the worst computer virus of all time, causing more damage ...

Trend Micro Inc, the world's third-largest anti-virus software maker, said Friday that computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated $55 billion in damages in 2003, a sum that would rise ...

On January 19, 1986, the world became aware of what is widely regarded as the first major computer virus to spread globally: Brain. While earlier experimental self-replicating programs had existed, ...

Rather than amateurs working out of their parents' basement, malware creators are often part of an underworld of criminal gang, or working directly for a foreign government or intelligence agency.

It began with a warning posted to online bulletin boards. Below the subject line "Really Nasty Virus," user Mike RoChenle explained how this terror had deleted his ...

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

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