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.

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A computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed technology to stop malicious software – malware – such as viruses and worms long before it even has a chance to reach computers ...

Computer viruses and worms will have to share the stage with a new challenger for the attention of attendees at a conference of antivirus researchers: spam e-mail. Spam — and how to stop it — will be ...

The worm, known to virus experts as VBS.VBSWG2, and dubbed Homepage, has been reported at scores of companies, according to antivirus vendors who say it is likely to hit more firms today. According to ...

On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

Illustration: Greg Clarke Remember the virus blitz that struck late this summer? First, we were bombarded by the Blaster worm, and then by variants of the Sobig virus. Further, Microsoft had ...

College campuses and corporate boardrooms aren't the only places that benefit from diversity -- computer networks and the Internet could stand up better to viruses and worms if they relied on more ...