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

Infections by a computer worm that travels via both email and file-sharing networks grew on Tuesday, according to anti-virus companies. “I’m surprised because we expected it to die down ...

Once it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with RDN/YahLover.worm!055BCCAC9FEC Infection Popup and other malware.

A worm is a form of malware (malicious software) that operates as a self-contained application and can transfer and copy itself from computer to computer.

Will It Ruin Christmas? Computer security experts don't yet know who crafted the malicious worm — or even if it will reach outbreak proportions of previous worms such as Nimda or Code Red.

A computer worm designed to undo some of the damage caused by MyDoom continues to spread quickly, experts warned on Thursday. Netsky.b, first spotted on Wednesday, is a variant of another worm ...

Like many other worms, it's likely the Conficker worm is designed to create a botnet that could be used to send spam, launch denial-of-service attacks to shut down Web sites or steal data from ...

Security researchers are tracking holiday attacks by the Storm Worm, a particularly insidious piece of computer malware that has been circulating around the world for about a year. Earlier this ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hackers unleashed new variants of a computer worm that attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system, but infection rates appeared to be low and ...

Is it a computer program or a living being? At TU Wien (Vienna), the boundaries have become blurred. The neural system of a nematode was translated into computer code – and then the virtual worm ...