When we say that a PC or a phone has got a virus, is it the same as saying that it has a worm? No. Both are forms of malware but are very different from each other. Malware is a malicious software ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A computer worm is a form of malware that, once it has infected a computer, continues to replicate itself on the infected computer as well as ...

There’s another kind of malicious software called a worm, and it’s easy to get worms and viruses mixed up, as they both replicate themselves. The difference is that a virus only runs when launched ...

You surely have some idea how a computer virus works, though you may not know the details. Somehow it weasels its way into your computer, and then the computer slows way down…or it starts making ...

Referred to by a host of names including "Kama Sutra", "Grew", and "Blackworm", the "malware" virus has bored into countless computers worldwide and is reportedly ...

On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

The worm, which is considered as the quickest-spreading and most virulent ones around, hit those particular computers which used Windows and many people using these said that their business was ...

Antivirus companies have long cautioned users against opening unexpected e-mail attachments or attachments sent by strangers, but thanks to a new e-mail worm spreading this week, antivirus companies ...

Antivirus companies have long cautioned users against opening unexpected e-mail attachments or attachments sent by strangers, but because of a new e-mail worm spreading this week, antivirus companies ...