Since a factory reset doesn't affect those areas, certain types of viruses can stick around, even after you've wiped everything. These are often known as rootkits, and they're especially good at ...

The five file types listed above are commonly known to contain viruses. However, just about any file type can potentially contain malicious functionality; malicious image files like JPGs, PNGs ...

The Internet has been abuzz lately claiming we are in the 25th year of the computer virus. And while many people believe a 15-year-old created the first virus in 1982, I'm not so quick to agree.