• fadhl3y@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Viruses are intra-cellular parasites with both a living and a non-living phase. The particle OP pointed to is just a machine the virus makes to make more viruses.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      It’s the zip file, it can’t do anything until a system unzips it. The resulting program can be really small and still do a lot, especially if it modifies another program.