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Rockets bursting in air, fireworks everywhere! Thank you for helping mark the 200,000th entry into the VirusScan malware (malevolent software) detection database. But truly, this is not a moment to celebrate. For, larger and larger numbers of malware is a plague, not a cause to celebrate. Instead, we mark this moment simply as a milestone in our continual trip to fend off the bad stuff from everyone’s machines. It is alarming that we reach this milestone so soon after September 2004 when the count reached 100,000. Eighteen years to reach 100,000. Less than two years to double. Looking ahead, our...

I have a wireless network (D-Link router and NICs) consisting of 3 computers, all running Windows XP, sharing cable internet. What's the best way to protect my network from viruses, worms and spyware? Two of the computers are extremely slow with lots of popups showing up when we go online(some are really disgusting). My son takes online classes that use popups. Is there a way to keep those and stop all the others from showing up? I'm hoping to buy something less than $100. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!

ONE of the most destructive computer viruses in the world started from a semi-detached house in the genteel resort of Llandudno. From his pebble-dashed family home, 22-year-old cyber vandal Simon Vallor dispatched three viruses which dug their way into e-mail address books across the world. One virus alone spread to 27,000 computers in 42 different countries, causing incalculable economic damage to businesses. North Wales Police arrested Vallor in February after receiving information from the FBI in the US, where the viruses wreaked havoc. At Bow Street Magistrates Court, in central London, Vallor yesterday admitted spreading the virus. He was released...

Less than 24 hours after plans were unveiled to build the Counter Clinton Library in Little Rock, Ark., the project had come under attack by defenders of the ex-president who attempted to disrupt its fundraising operation. Staff at the CCL report the cyber-Clintonistas have emailed at least 13 separate computer viruses to their Web site in a blitzkrieg effort to shut it down. "If you understand the Clintons, you just know they will do virtually anything to stop this Counter Library," CCL co-founder, former Congressman John LeBoutillier told NewsMax, before vowing not to let the cyber-attack disrupt operations. In anticipation...