computer viruses

Experts in the US believe a recent reduction in computer viruses may be partly due to people turning away from pornography during Lent. According to the Enigma Software Group (ESG), the number of malware infections detected by its software has fallen by 17-per-cent since 14th February when ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It's called Slingshot and it was recently discovered by Kaspersky Labs. Incredibly, the malware is so powerful and sophisticated that it hid in routers for six years before finally being spotted. According to Ars Technica, the sophistication of Slingshot rivals similarly ...

Today we live in an age where computer viruses can be used to prevent countries from developing nuclear weapons. But back in the 1980's, viruses were a lot more focused on other subjects, like marijuana. One of the original computer viruses from the 1980's was known as the "Stoned" virus. It was ...

(TNS) — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Two Police Department technology employees have been working with the city for more than a week to try to stop a computer virus that has infected municipal and police computers, said Police Chief Robert Merner. The chief said police are assisting with an effort to thwart ...

According to a new study, the amount of computer viruses decreases during Lent because many Catholics give up porn. The survey was conducted by online threat research firm Enigma Software Group. Since Lent began on February 14, malware attacks have dropped an average of 17 percent compared ...

PORTSMOUTH — Two Police Department technology employees have been working with the city for more than a week to try to stop a computer virus that has infected municipal and police computers, said Police Chief Robert Merner. The chief said police are assisting with an effort to thwart the attack since ...

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - A lucky break for three elderly widows in Coweta County who authorities said were scammed out of their life savings in a computer fraud scheme. Investigators told FOX 5 News they were able to return most of the money that the computer thieves stole when they took over the ...

A common alternative description of malware is 'computer virus' -- although are big differences between these types malicious programs. What was the first computer virus? The origin of the first computer virus is hotly debated: For some, the first instance of a computer virus -- software that moves from host ...

They made “significant progress,” he said, and contained the virus Sunday night. Most computers were protected by antivirus software and other precautions. “The total number of infected machines that were not handled by antivirus protections was approximately 160 across 12 agencies,” Beckham said.