"infected" with a computer virus, a metaphor derived from biological viruses. Computer viruses generally require a host program. The virus writes its own...

of a unified list of computer viruses is made difficult due to their subsequent naming. To aid the fight against computer viruses and other types of malicious...

computer virus that was released in its first form on 19 January 1986, and is considered to be the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer...

This timeline of computer viruses and worms presents a chronological timeline of noteworthy computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, similar malware...

The Cascade virus (also known as Herbstlaub, "autumn leaves" in Germany) is a prominent computer virus that was a resident written in assembly language...

Outlook-based systems and created considerable network traffic. The virus infects computers via email; the email is titled "Important Message From," followed...

also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus that first emerged in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable...

unauthorized access to the affected computer. Ransomware attacks are often carried out using a Trojan. Unlike computer viruses and worms, Trojans generally do...

The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus first discovered on 3 February 1991 in Australia. The virus was designed to infect DOS systems, but did not...

of this computer infection.[citation needed] Christmas Tree EXEC Code Red worm Computer virus NewLove Nimda Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms...