(IDG) -- Virus: A self-replicating piece of computer code that can partially or fully attach itself to files or applications, and can cause your computer to do something you don't want it to do ...

The "Code Red" computer virus reached Switzerland early this morning infecting numerous well-known companies, a Swiss government… ...

Microsoft yesterday confirmed some of its MSN Hotmail servers were infected with a "Code Red" virus, the computer virus that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft's server systems.

WASHINGTON-- After infecting 225,000 business and institutional computer systems and nearly toppling the White House Web site, an insidious computer virus called Code Red spawned a new variation ...

Viruses have been known to cause system changes that affect external hardware and accessories. Computer operating by itself Computers should not be executing demands without authorisation.

Computer viruses are almost as old as personal computers themselves, and their evolution was only hastened by the birth of Internet. And within each code is a story about its author, about the ...

One of the most common ways of hijacking other people’s computers is to use “code-injection” attacks, in which malicious computer code is delivered to and then run on victims’ machines.

Computer viruses now have their own museum. The recently opened online Malware Museum exhibits samples of early viruses that often include amusing graphics or popular culture references. But the ...

By hunting through benign bits of code on your computer, the Frankenstein virus can turn itself into something rather nasty ...

Until now, scientists had not noticed the code, which had been hidden in plain sight Scientists have cracked the code used by a major group of viruses to spread infections such as the common cold ...

Fears that the Code Red computer worm would cripple the Internet appear to have been unfounded.