Synonyms for virus in English

– (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein ¹

– a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer ¹

– a harmful or corrupting agency ¹

– Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated. ²