So <i>that</i>'s what viruses look like

Viruses, eh? We hate 'em, yet frustratingly we just can't put a face to them.

Well, Sophos can. The security firm has helpfully issued a range of pictures illustrating various types of malware, from rootkits (man injecting something into the bottom of a tree) to the Love Bug worm (buxom woman with chainsaw) to zombie attacks (guess) to, er, Christmas-related spam (a rather demonic-looking Father Christmas wearing high-heeled boots for some obscure reason).

Well, I hope they had fun doing it. The illustrations can be found here.