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Detectives have made the first arrests in Europe to tackle a trojan computer virus which is believed to have infected tens of thousands of computers across the world, London police said on Wednesday.

Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.

Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.

Microsoft announced Thursday that its free antivirus software has been downloaded 1.5 million in the week after it shipped.

Security Tool is a computer virus pretending to be a security application and is promoted through pop-ups, trojans and malware webites.

Cyber criminals are increasingly focusing their attacks on the hundreds of millions of users of social networks and on loopholes in bank security systems, security software vendors said on Wednesday.

Foreign media in China have been targeted by emails laden with malicious computer software in attacks that appear to be tied to the run-up to the National Day military parade on October 1.

Microsoft Corp on Thursday filed five civil lawsuits in Seattle, Washington against alleged malvertisers.

Dell Inc.'s second-quarter profit was plunged 23 percent as the personal-computer industry's slump dragged on this summer. Dell said it earned $472 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $12.76 billion.

On Wednesday, it was discovered that the latest version of Apple's OS X has clear built-in malware protection, which Apple confirmed.

Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the web because online searches for her name lead to spyware and viruses, according to security technology company McAfee Inc.

Actress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace, according to Internet security company McAfee Inc.

Internet security company McAfee Inc. says, both tabloid fixture Megan Fox and American icon Angelina Jolie resulted in an equal number of risky download Web sites, proving cybercriminals are in the business of capitalizing on the world’s most famous faces.

PC Antispyware 2010 is a fake antispyware claiming to be a valid antispyware system. It is a “scareware” which tries to fool PC users and send out information prompting user with false information.

The U.S. Marine Corps banned use of social web sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook on its networks, citing security risks, while the Pentagon also said it will consider implementing similar bans.

A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves.

The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.

The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.

Users of Microsoft's Office software for Windows PCs have suffered from attacks since last week through a zero-day leak, and local newspaper in China reported on Tuesday one million Chinese suffered from the attack since June 6.

Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair.

Internet criminals are doing business like legitimate companies to successfully execute their work, according to the Cisco midyear edition security report.