Not every security alert you receive indicates that your computer is infected. Many are tricks to get you to download malware or antivirus software. Identifying these fake alerts can help you avoid ...

A Berkshire County Veteran says a simple scroll on his computer led to a virus notification then the loss of his life savings ...

Click the fake update and things get even worse, with the site going full-screen and showing a storm of phony virus notifications using the branding of the online protection company McAfee.

While the first computer virus (Creeper) was released on the ARPANET as a harmless experiment, the first computer virus to be released in the wild didn't have malicious intent either. Called ...