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"Every Infection Is a Virus"

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Calling all malware "viruses" collapses a taxonomy with real teeth — the virus is one mechanism among several, and the umbrella term is malware, with each variant demanding different defenses.

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An app misdiagnosing a worm as a virus prescribes the wrong medicine.

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Wrong name, wrong defense — the taxonomy is operational.