computer viruses

My GS3 periodically displays a message saying "you may have a virus" or "you may have 2 viruses". That perplexed me a bit. It then asks me to scan or cancel. If I try to scan, it takes me to the internet to "androidantivirus.com" or something of the sort (half of the URL was cut off when...

My laptop (HP, Windows 7, IE) has some type of malware or adware. My screen in always inundated with ads that aren't suppose to be there. Facebook has extra ads and even Wikipedia has ads. And everything is hyperlinked to ads. 'Educational Foundation' on the 'James Randi Education Foundation'...

Microsoft: One in 14 Downloads Is Malicious

The department's in-car laptops are supposedly reserved for "official" business, but it's no secret that they get considerable surfing use... Some officers are reasonably computer-savvy and some are not. The other day, I tried to fire up the one in a car I seldom use and found that it had...

Just the other day a piece of malware got past my up to date virus protection and completely disabled the computer by not allowing me to open executable files. It demanded that I buy a virus protection package. My son, who is a IT professional came around and fixed it by running an anti-malware...

I have been told by many computer literate people that hijackthis, a small program that will produce a dump of many config files and registry entries so as to allow a technically competent person to scan through them and identify problems, is probably the most powerful virus (or malware...

just got my first mac book. is there anything in particular I should know? Do I have to worry as much about viruses and spyware. What should I use to protect. thanks, BDK

Okay, I am not computer savvy, so what exactly is an “Active X”? You know, that annoying thing that pops up when you go to a web page and won’t let you leave until you do something with it. This leads to my next question, how can I not touch it and get out? Is closing the “Active X” window...

Could computer viruses develop into a form of life? Basically evolving as well? Can viruses create themselves? In someone’s computer without them actually designing it? Is it possible for a virus to naturally form in someone’s computer? As some type of error? Are computer viruses subject to...

Consumer Reports magazine creates over 5000 virus variants to test antivirus software: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/08/consumer_report.html#posts Most of the comments are favorable and think it is a good idea.

For a few months now I have had two computers at home getting infected with a virus named Backdoor.ranky but I can't understand how the virus gets into the computer. I dont have emailprograms on it, I use webmail and I haven't got any strange emails with attachments anyway. I don't visit...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3123726.stm I have received at least 50 infected e-mails today but the anti-virus catches them. I have a question though. Can somebody deactivate his address book in OUTLOOK Express in order to protect other users? Thanks