People have often wondered exactly who gives viruses their names. The facts are that once a virus is identified; anti virus companies compete with each other to be the first to break the news about the newest virus and it’s potential. They want to make sure that their customers heard it first from...

Back in time, but just a bit, computer virus writers relied heavily on boot sector viruses and executable viruses to get their kicks. Viruses were much more likely to replicate themselves once they were loaded into memory which kept them running in the background as long as the computer was on. Another...

Computer viruses do not just show up out of the clear blue sky, someone has to actually sit down and write the codes for the virus and then test them to make sure that the virus spreads correctly and then they have to spread it. The person also has to decide in which manner they intend to spread the...

Firewalls are used to protect your computer from offensive websites and potential hackers. They are a barrier that helps to protect your computer from destruction. In other words, it deciphers through everything that is coming into your computer from the internet and if something happens to get flagged...

Within the past month, there have been many viruses that have been written but because all low level threats, the general public would not even know about them if they did not log on directly to the Symantec website they would never be the wiser. These viruses were detected and protected on the very...

Compare a highly disbursed and contagious computer virus to that of an unexpected epidemic of some viral strain in humans. It catches you off guard when you were not expecting it and were not prepared. You could not be prepared because you did not know what was even coming. There are distinct differences...

When a computer virus strikes, it is debilitating to the life and performance of the computer but it can also drive you crazy trying to figure it all out. Some computer viruses can be very severe while others may be mild and not that bad to deal with. An attempt to deal with computer viruses without...

If it seems like your computer might just have a mind of its own and does things that you never wanted it to do, chances are that you have a zombie computer. This is caused from one of a few different things, a hacker, a computer virus, or a Trojan horse. If this is the case then your computer is not...

When you attempt to access the task manager on your computer or the registry editor and you get an error message, or if you attempt to click on any of your drives, you receive an error message, or if you attempt to right click your mouse and get a message that talks about freedom, you have a virus. You...

It is getting harder and harder to protect computers these days from viruses, spy ware, adware, Trojans, and worms. Malware is showing up in so many different ways, it can come from an email attachment, a corrupt website, or clicking on spam. True enough, viruses are growing in numbers and in power but...