Why Boot Viruses Are So Common

Years ago file viruses accounted for almost half of the computer viruses nationwide. Today they are on the decrease significantly and boot viruses are marching strong, now accounting for almost all of the computer infections. This has left quite a puzzle to solve and although many would like to shake the hand of all of the antivirus programs and congratulate them, the truth is simply...

Computer Viruses Have Come A Long Way

The first computer virus came to the light about twenty five years ago. It infected the Apple II computers through the floppy discs and was named the Elk Cloner. It was also created by some high school kid in Pittsburgh. That virus was more irritating that devastating but it did set the trail for future versions of viruses that are seen today. The first viruses were more of a joke with...

Virus Writers Even Outsmarted Microsoft

In the world of cyber crime, people are really never sure who to trust anymore. They are afraid to open the simplest attachment, even if it is from someone that they know. People pretty much have to think twice or even three times before clicking anything including hyperlinks and opening a simple email. Cyber hackers have brought the realization of down and dirty crime right into...

Spoofed Emails Cause Computer Viruses

Spoofing otherwise referred to as “forged” emails are a common cause of today’s computer virus surge. Typical of this is when you receive an email from someone that you are familiar with when in fact it really is not from that person or company at all. In other words, you get an email from your Internet carrier asking for you to reconfirm your account information but...

Virus Attacks Through Instant Messaging

Viruses used to need a little help before they could get inside of your computer and virtually wipe it out. Today they do not need any help at all; viruses can get right into your computer all by themselves through instant messaging. Viruses past that originated from instant messaging have been able to wipe out millions of computers in literally no time. The concern here is that many...

Cell Phones Can Get Viruses Too

A few years ago the very first cell phone virus hit. It was no big deal and it did not carry out any malicious actions. A group of virus writers decided to give it a shot and see if it could be done then they forwarded it to the anti virus researchers and they began to work on the problem that is guaranteed to get much worse. Cell phone viruses are barely even spoken of and most people...

Where Do Viruses Come From

There are so many different ways to get a virus on your computer. Compromising emails or attachments are the most common ways to get an unwanted virus on your computer but you can also get a virus from visiting certain types of websites or just browsing around. On the top of the list sits the pornographic websites, they are just loaded with viruses. They should just simply never be...

Virus Hackers Use Myspace

Warnings are going out right and left about the interactive website, MySpace. Many viruses are being linked to this site and there are over a million daily users so this could potentially be a serious problem. It was only a matter of time before the hackers got to MySpace and seen what kind of damage that they could cause. Certainly they would never miss this opportunity as it is ripe...

Patterns Of Viruses Past

When people hear about a new computer virus it definitely grabs their attention. No one likes to be left vulnerable and the thought of it makes most peoples skin crawl. The fact is that a properly designed and executed virus attack could almost shut down the world as we know it. When looking back on some of the past viruses that stand out as the most devastating, you should remember...

One Way To Stop Email Viruses

When a worm/virus gets into your computer, it heads right for your email address book so it can start spreading the virus to everyone in it. In turn, it does the same to all of your email address books contacts. Before you know it, we have a huge computer crisis. One trick that is supposed to take care of any virus attack on your email address book is quite simple and could be an...