Virus
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
A computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. A virus might corrupt or delete data on a computer, use email programs to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on a hard disk.
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Viruses
- possessive
- Virus's
- pluralpossessive
- Viruses'