An anti-virus program registering every executable file on the computer as infected indicates the computer may be under attack by a virus. According to PC Magazine, a virus attaches copies of itself ...

The Msvc.exe Miner is a Trojan that utilizes a victim's computer resources to mine for digital currency. When installed, it create an autostart that loads msvc.exe executable when a user logs into ...

svchost.exe is one of the most important background components in Windows. It hosts dozens of essential services that keep ...

Think twice before you click on that link—even if it was sent to you by a friend or family member. Simply put, a computer virus is a program that you did not install which often performs malicious ...

It has been about 26 years since the creation of the first computer virus. Today, the number of viruses has increased to over 250,000, and each one has the potential to damage your computer and your ...

If you encounter vmnat.exe running in the Task Manager, you may want to know if it’s a genuine process or a virus. In this article, we will check if vmnat.exe running in your Task Manager is a virus.

A particularly malicious virus can at worst disable a hard drive temporarily. A virus alone is not enough to physically break a hard drive or completely disable a hard drive to the point where it ...

Taskeng.exe (Task Scheduler Engine) is a system file in the Windows 11/10/8/7 operating systems. It is not a virus if it is located in the System32 folder. The legit file is responsible for keeping ...

A computer virus in the DOS/Windows environment that takes advantage of the fact that .COM and .EXE are two valid executable extensions for program files, and .COM takes precedence. For example, if ...

The Websock.exe Miner is a Trojan that utilizes a victim's CPU processing power to mine digital CryptoCurrency. When installed, this Trojan will create a scheduled task that ultimately executes a ...