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

When we say that a PC or a phone has got a virus, is it the same as saying that it has a worm? No. Both are forms of malware but are very different from each other. Malware is a malicious software ...

Computer worm A worm also infects your system but it does not need a host to spread, meaning it is a self-sufficient program. It self-replicates too but does not need the user to open or activate ...

One of the most dangerous threats ever, a computer worm known as "Conficker," is spreading through the Internet right now. By some estimates, 10 million computers have been infected worldwide.

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

Conficker computer worm spreads worldwide, keeps updating. March 25, 2009 — -- Somewhere out there, perhaps in Eastern Europe, perhaps next door to us, a very clever hacker is spreading a ...

The 'Worm' That Could Bring Down The Internet As many as 12 million computers worldwide have been infected with a highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker. Writer Mark Bowden details how ...

There's been lots of hype about the fact that the latest variant of the Conficker worm is set to start communicating with other computers on the Internet on April 1--like an April Fool's Day time ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices.; A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by ...

As many as 12 million computers worldwide have been infected with a highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker. Writer Mark Bowden details how Conficker was discovered, how it works, and the ...