A new virus carried by programs embedded in Adobe's PDF file format files raises concerns that the format itself could become susceptible to viruses. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FireEye, Inc., the leader in stopping advanced targeted attacks, today announced its File Malware Protection System (MPS) that detects and eliminates advanced malware ...

Malware infected Jones888’s computer, and important files are no longer accessible. How can Jones get them back? A malicious program infects your PC and makes your documents and other important files ...

Downloading files from the Internet is an everyday activity for all of us. Whether for work or for entertainment, we often download files. However, a simple virus file downloaded from the internet can ...

A new virus threatens to strike one of the Internet’s most common and useful activities: sharing family photos. The malicious program, the first to infect picture files, is not attacking computers.

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...

A computer virus called Sircam is using some clever tricks to spread itself and potentially sensitive files around the net. The virus strikes PCs running Windows, plunders address books for new places ...

Researchers have found sneaky encoded malware targeting WordPress and Joomla sites that pretends to be ionCube files. Security researchers are warning WordPress and Joomla admins of a sneaky new ...

File Restore is a fake hard drive diagnostic program from the Rogue.FakeHDD family of scareware programs. This family of computer infections pretends to be a hard drive diagnostic and repair program ...

Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The VTzilla Firefox extension adds a Scan with VirusTotal option to Firefox's right-click context menu and file download dialog that allows you to scan any file for a ...