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more about #viruses HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Somebody should write an anti-botnet worm. Just a program that travels from computer to computer and eradicates any botnets it finds. more » Navin R Johnson: Wouldn't it be great if some hackers went all super hero and instead of writing a fake antivirus programs that attack my in-laws computer every three ... more » dewlite: I see the Schwartz was strong with these 3 warriors... more » jedi4life: i think their punishment should be to hand write the 46,723 spam emails i got this past year. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Mr. Herrman. more » otko: Does anyone have a theory as to why cats love computers? I've seen it time and time again, with mine and with other peoples cats. When I have a comput... more » Digo: Sounds like a good idea, until he eats the hamster that's powering your computer. more » Killjoy: My cat *does* hunt computer viruses. He can see them best when they're travelling through cables. more » Kaiser-Machead: I dunno. I rather like that my cat hunts down small innocent mammals, as those mammals innocently gnaw on my food, and innocently leave their urine an... more » Al Frente: Dude. They've been spraying your packaged deli meats with phages for a few years now. The phages kill bacteria and prevent spoilage, to our benefit.... more » Curves: I have a bad feeling about this. Real bad. #bacteriophage more » ThePaul: It'll never be as badass as a Strongbadiophage, though. #bacteriophage more » BernadetteDenter: Back in the 70's I earned a PhD doing bacteriophage genetics, a field then at the acme of biology. Can't say I did anything useful, but by God it was... more » dcoaster: This is high school biology, folks. #bacteriophage more » adhir: truth is far stranger than fiction. #bacteriophage more » Rejexted: I remember seeing these things in an episode of Jimmy Neutron and not thinking they are real...but I am blown away that they actually are! THEY'RE SO... more » Esus: How big is our head that we call ourself "Nature's ultimate machine"? This rant is not directed towards gizmodo but all who think that we, the human r... more » The Lab: It is amazing how anthropomorphic these objects are. Makes the droll Dengue fever virus look like a beach ball. #bacteriophage more » seapathac: Being able to utilize existing biological structures is definitely the future of medicine. Lets just hope we engineer a treatment for cancer thus savi... more » nutbastard: Originally called the "Legdickthing", microbiologists renamed it with a proper latin moniker in 1913. They later decided that "Arachnophallus" was als... more » -
#security
How Three Guys Dismantled One of the World's Most Powerful Botnets
If you're envisioning lines of code flying across bays of screens, amphetamine-fueled digital manhunts and dramatic, albeit rendered, explosions, I'm sorry. When major botnets fall nowadays, it's the product of hard work, patience, and some well-placed phone calls. More » -
#antivirus
The Antivirus Kitten
Just imagine about how much faster your computer would run, and how much less blood you'd have to clean off of your doormat! Cats are terrible beasts. [YouTube—Thanks, Tim!] -
#thiscyborglife
Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
I can't lie; I've been waiting for an excuse to post a picture of a bacteriophage*, the microscopic spider virus that lands on bacteria to inject its own DNA, for a long time. This Cyborg Life gives me an excuse. More » -
#windows7
Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested
SophosLabs didn't believe claims that Windows 7 and its User Account Controls were any more secure than previous versions of the OS, so they tested (albeit somewhat oddly) a clean install. Result? A reminder that you should always use protection. More » -
#downloads
AVG 9 Antivirus Improves Performance, Adds Identity Theft Tool
Windows only: One of our readers' favorite antivirus applications, AVG, has updated, claiming faster scan times (up to 50%), boot times (10-15%), and less memory usage. On top of that, it's added a new feature to assist with identity theft. More » -
#why
What the Hell Did Jackie Chan Just Make Me Watch?
Dear god. Jackie Chan. On a Segway. Punching computer viruses. While wearing a helmet that says Kaspersky. I can only process this logically as him trying to gin up business for his Segway dealership. More » -
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#viruses
Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
Cnet says that hundreds of critical hospital devices across the U.S. have been infected by the Conficker worm. The number of hospitals affected wasn't disclosed, but the problem isn't thought to be widespread. More » -
#uhoh
Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
Whether it's an actual functional update or a ploy to further inflate the worm's horrifying reputation, an encrypted, mysterious thing is downloading to machines infected with Conficker C, right now. UPDATED More » -
#security
Malware Infection Rates By Region, And More Fun Facts!
According to Microsoft, the global average for malware infection is 8.6 out of every 1000 systems—a number that's lower than I'd have estimated. And apparently Ethiopia and Myanmar run a pretty tight ship! More » -
#conficker
Reminder: How to Fix Conficker
Afraid you've got the evil Conficker worm that's already begun snaking its way around the world? Thanks to herculean efforts by researchers, the detection and fix is pretty easy. More » -
#conficker
11th-Hour Fix May Protect Huge Corporate Networks From Conficker Worm's Nastiness
Zero-hour approaches for the awakening of the Conficker megaworm. As we explained, Conficker can evade detection like none before it. But security experts have released a scanner that may save your IT professional's sanity tomorrow. More » -
#windows
Breaking: Cranky Windows Guy's Day Ruined by "Really Nasty" Trojan on His PC
Gizmodo's cranky Windows guy, Adam Frucci, just had the spring stolen from his dance step by a nasty trojan he discovered on his PC. I sure hope it's not it's not Conficker. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: How a Brainy Worm Might Jack the World's PCs on April 1
It's lurking in millions of PCs around the world. It's incredibly sophisticated and resilient, with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology. It revels in killing security software. On April 1, the Conficker worm will activate. More » -
#worms
Computer Crashes Due to an Internal Worm, Literally
When an IT technician looked inside a dying computer with malfunctioning processor fan, he discovered what had caused the machine to crash: A worm—not a bug or a virus—an actual 5-inch earthworm. More » -
#viruses
Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers
In North Dakota, oddly enough, hackers have hit on a new way to infect innocent computers: fake parking tickets that direct car owners to a site where they are instructed to download malicious software. More » -
#security
OS X iWork Trojan Revamped, Repackaged, Rereleased in Photoshop
The nasty OS X trojan from last week has resurfaced, and this time hits software pirates where it hurts the most: in Photoshop. More » -
#security
Torrented Copies of iWork '09 Come Laced With a Nasty OS X Trojan
This may be a first for the Mac software world, and it's not cool at all: ill-gotten copies of iWork '09 circulating on Torrent sites contain OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which is something you don't want. More »
