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Do bacteria cause computer viruses

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No. Computer Viruses are only called "viruses" by figurative analogy with biological viruses. And biological viruses (such as chickenpox, hepatitis, and the flu) are not the same as disease-causing bacteria (such as strep throat, tuberculosis, and lyme disease).

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