Danger of Image-Borne Viruses Looms
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Hackers are close to finding a way to spread harmful computer viruses just by getting people to open an e-mail message or visiting an infected Web site, computer security experts warned yesterday.
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Millions of computer users are at risk of attack because flaws in the way Windows handles some images.
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Trojan horse that exploits flaw in how Windows handles JPEG images may be low risk, but it's a bad omen.
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The latest variant of the Sober virus was released on Friday and has been spreading over the weekend, but antivirus experts say the situation could have been much worse.
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A VIRUS WRITER has decided that the wants to see the look on your face when you discover your computer is infected by his handiwork.
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A new virus strain masquerading as electronic Christmas cards is accounting for one in every 10 e-mails hitting in-boxes, security experts warned Wednesday.
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For the past few years, viruses have attacked Microsoft&#39;s operating system, Web browser or e-mail programs seemingly on a weekly basis.
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Because Internet Explorer is one of the programs vulnerable to a newly discovered Windows image flaw, it is possible that someone could fall victim to a virus written to exploit it just by visiting a Web site that uses JPEG images.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes most cervical cancer cases, say scientists.
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Digital images that are billions of pixels in size are now becoming commonplace.
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Hackers may be using banner ad servers to multiply the impact of the Internet Explorer virus, security experts warn.
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Users are being warned about a Windows virus that travels with a game of Tetris.
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Cell phone users beware: A barrage of new electronic viruses is headed your way, security experts warn. The pathogens are variations of the &quot;Cabir&quot; worm discovered last summer infecting some
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Security experts say that attacks using image files could bypass established defenses.
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Computer users could be open to attack from malicious hackers because of the way that Windows displays some images. Microsoft has issued a warning about a critical vulnerability in Windows that could let carefully
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In a sign of security threats to come, hackers have exploited a flaw in Microsoft programs and begun circulating a virus hidden in images that use the popular JPEG format.