A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam ...

Even signed, virus-free programs can secretly hack your computer through a tactic called DLL hijacking. Hackers slip in ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

A giant virus encodes part of the protein-making toolkit of cells that gives it greater control over its amoeba host, raising questions about how it evolved and how such beings relate to living organi ...

I installed a terrifying virus on my computer, and the only way to uninstall it is to beat its “game…” Edited by @ThatGuyWhoGames. #Gaming #VirusChallenge ...

A virus that originated in a type of fruit bat has been identified in India, spurring protective public health measures across that country. The Nipah virus is a potentially lethal disease that has ...

Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Ex-President of IMA Cochin and Convener of the Research Cell, Kerala, on Monday warned that the Nipah virus spreads from bats to humans and can cause severe illness with a high ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a patient in Bangladesh died after contracting the Nipah virus, adding that it believes the risk of the disease spreading internationally still ...

India's government said there were two confirmed cases of Nipah virus since December last year, with all those in contact with the affected people having been quarantined and tested. The Indian ...

The outbreak of the fatal Nipah virus in West Bengal, India has triggered concerns among the public but the Department of Health made an assurance that the country is ready, saying the Philippines is ...