The first virus to hit computers running Microsoft Corp.'s operating system came in 1986, when two brothers in Pakistan wrote a boot sector program now dubbed "Brain" - purportedly to punish people ...

In 2025, computer viruses are getting smarter! Hackers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create tricky emails that ...

~ The growth of the Internet brought a new way to spreak viruses: e-mail NEW YORK -- What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier ...

NEW YORK — What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to ...

NEW YORK What began as a ninth-grade prank has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal-computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the ...

It was an email that had an executable. when you clicked on it, a little box popped up that said, "are you sure you want to erase all the information on your computer? (or something like that)... and ...