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 ...

Malware pushers are experimenting with a novel way to infect Mac users that runs executable files that normally execute only on Windows computers. Researchers from antivirus provider Trend Micro made ...

Microsoft has released Sysmon 15, converting it into a protected process and adding the new ‘FileExecutableDetected’ option to log when executable files are created. For those not familiar with Sysmon ...

Most email providers, including Gmail, don't allow you to send executable or ".exe" files. Executable files are programs that require the action of a user to install ...

Update 10/15/16: I have updated the article below to address that this ransomware is not continuously monitoring for files. When the ransomware runs it will target the %Desktop% first and then encrypt ...

It is common when you download an EXE or installer; it gets instantly removed from the location. At times, users have also reported a running program missing. Unless the program or file contains a ...