Computer viruses first emerged on college campuses during the 1960s. At that time, it took months or years to spread. With the advent of email, viruses are now spreading faster than remedies to combat ...

Uncover the truth behind common computer virus myths that refuse to die. Are Macs and Linux PCs immune? Can you get a virus ...

The Chromebook is known to be resilient against attackers intruding on your system, but is it possible to get a virus? Here's what we know.

Yet perhaps computer viruses have proven to be deadly in the past? What if the virus or worm or trojan resulted in computer errors and those infected systems malfunctioned and caused deaths?