Virus

The dreaded term, taken from the medical industry, to indicate that a computer has been infected with malicious software. Also known as worms or malware.

Mar 27 2009

Conficker Worm: Legitimate Threat or April Fool's Joke?

What is the Conficker worm?

For a while now articles have been surfacing in newspapers and publications such as Business Week, about the lack of comprehensive security in government agencies such as NASA. But what if the hackers don't need to infiltrate government systems to pose a serious threat to computer users and their privacy, much less national security? Via the cloud computing concept, all hackers would need to do is infect a large number of personal computers... read more »