A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices. A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by ...

An ominous computer worm today could cause major network outages, siphon personal information from millions and attack government networks. It also could do nothing at all. The worm, known as ...

Is a worm a virus? Worm vs. virus — You’ll often see word virus used in a generic sense to refer to any kind of malware, but that’s strictly speaking not correct. A computer virus, like its ...

Instructions on how to delete the changes made to the computer’s registry are available on Symantec’s Web site, on the page detailing the virus. The VBS.Hard.A@mm worm is only the latest in a ...

While parents may worry about their children catching a virus on their first excursion from home, some University officials believe their children's computers may be more at risk. Campus computing ...

Dec. 19 -- Computer security experts warn a new holiday-themed computer virus is winding its way through the Internet today. The worm, known by several names including W32.Zacker.C and W32.Maldal ...

Antivirus; Computer Worms: What They Are and How to Stop Them. How-to. By Tom's Guide Staff published 7 March 2014 We hear a lot about viruses and Trojans, but not much about worms.

Conficker computer worm spreads worldwide, keeps updating. March 25, 2009 — -- Somewhere out there, perhaps in Eastern Europe, perhaps next door to us, a very clever hacker is spreading a ...

You surely have some idea how a computer virus works, ... There’s another kind of malicious software called a worm, and it’s easy to get worms and viruses mixed up, ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices.