A 24-year-old Japanese student awaits to hear his fate after he was convicted of spreading a computer virus. His method for distribution of the virus? He attached the virus to images from a popular anime series. Be careful what it is you’re looking at or opening when it comes to your emails [...]

A hard to detect computer virus being referred to as the April Fool’s virus is on the loose and infecting computers today. The virus is actually a variation of a virus already out in circulation, but has had some alterations done to it to make it a little harder to screen for. Many [...]

Tech IT has issued a warning regarding a computer virus that is targeted at users of various instant messenger applications. The virus manifests itself as a seemingly benign hyperlink, but when activated it could infect the computer in use. This is not a new virus, but one of the more newer ways of [...]

Beware of emails from people you don’t know that have a friendly sounding Valentine’s Day message as the subject.  It’s always a good idea to keep an eye out for potential viruses whenever a holiday approaches.  China even issued an official warning about this situation.

We here at The Virus Alert Blog have always recommended not opening and the simple deletion of emails you have received that you do not know the identity of. This is true during the holiday season as well.
Check out these examples of holiday virus emails.
That’s right, a simple email that appears to be from [...]

It appears that there is a form of malware out there now that is redirecting the text ads placed on sites by Google. Google’s Adsense advertising program is popular with web developers as a way of monetizing the traffic to their websites. It works in a way that the ads provided by Google [...]

There is a new computer virus targeting the users of the popular social networking site MySpace.  It comes as an email and appears to be from a user’s friend and offers a chance to win a $500 Macy’s Gift Card.  There is no gift card, it’s not from a friend, it is a virus intended [...]

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a warning stating that Human Resources departments in the private sector have been receiving email saying they are from the commission but are really emails corrupted with a computer virus.

Apple reports on their website that some Ipods have been shipped from the factory with a computer virus preloaded on them.